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Boosting multimodal inference performance by >10% with a single Python dict (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-06 | tags: sglang, vllm, multimodal

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Hackers abuse Google ads for GoDaddy ManageWP login phishing (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-05-06 | get Phishing Awareness Poster → | tags: managewp, godaddy, wordpress

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Printing Blogs (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-05 | get Wireless Inkjet Printer → | tags: paul graham, marginal revolution, max hodak

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GLM-5V-Turbo: Toward a Native Foundation Model for Multimodal Agents (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-05 | get AI Multimodal Development Kit → | tags: glm-5v-turbo, foundation model, multimodal agents

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OpenAI releases GPT-5.5 Instant, a new default model for ChatGPT (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-05 | by Ivan Mehta | tags: openai, gpt-5.5 instant, chatgpt

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Toyota built a $10 billion private utopia—what’s going on in there? (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-04 | get Toyota Mirai Hydrogen Fuel Cell → | tags: woven city, toyota, akio toyoda

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Enthusiast builds a PC big enough to live in — humans in this RGB-lit fish tank case look just like figurines (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-03 | by Mark Tyson | get RGB Fish Tank PC Case → | tags: soda baka, rgb lighting, fishtank case

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Claude, Microsoft Copilot Fail Again to Predict the Winners of the Kentucky Derby (slashdot.org)

2026-05-03 | by Posted | get Kentucky Derby Betting Guide → | tags: microsoft copilot, claude, kentucky derby

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Alibaba's Metis agent cuts redundant AI tool calls from 98% to 2% — and gets more accurate doing it (venturebeat.com)

2026-04-30 | get AI Call Optimization Tool → | tags: alibaba, metis, hdpo

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Mormon culture hits fast food: McDonald’s puts dirty soda on menu after ‘Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ takes trend viral (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-30 | get Mormon-themed Soda Set → | tags: mcdonalds, dirty soda, secret lives of mormon wives

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DAIMON Robotics Wants to Give Robot Hands a Sense of Touch (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-04-30 | by Sujeet Dutta | get Robotic Touch Sensor Kit → | tags: daimon robotics, tactile sensing, omni-modal dataset

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What Happens in the First 24 Hours After a New Asset Goes Live (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-04-30 | tags: asset, shodan, censys

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Critical cPanel and WHM bug exploited as a zero-day, PoC now available (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-04-30 | get cPanel & WHM Security Patch → | tags: cpanel, whm, cve-2026-41940

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GoDaddy gave a domain to a stranger without any documentation (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-26 | get Domain Transfer Dispute Kit → | tags: godaddy, domain transfer, flagstream technologies

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I Made My Phone Photos Look Like Analog Film. Here's How You Can, Too (cnet.com)

2026-04-22 | by See Full Bio | get Film Camera Smartphone Lens → | tags: kodak, analog cameras, iphone

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How big is Big <i>G</i>? Mystery deepens after ten-year effort to measure gravity’s strength (feeds.nature.com)

2026-04-21 | by Gibney | get Gravitational Measurement Kit → | tags: big g, nist, codata

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First per-image PCA decomposition of Kodak suite reveals deliberate curation (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-20 | get Kodak Color Control Patches → | tags: kodak, pca, rgb

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Japanese man sentenced to prison for posting spoilers (theverge.com)

2026-04-20 | by Charles Pulliam-Moore | get Spoiler Alert Phone Case → | tags: godzilla, toho, overlord

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Tokyo court rules movie and anime 'spoiler articles' are copyright infringement in landmark criminal case — detailed, monetized plot summaries land man in Japanese prison (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-20 | by Hassam Nasir | get Anime Plot Summary Book → | tags: kodawaka, toho, overlord

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Exit 8 is cinema for the livestreaming era (engadget.com)

2026-04-17 | get Streaming Media Player → | tags: exit 8, genki kawamura, nintendo

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A Prominent PR Firm Is Running a Fake News Site That’s Plagiarizing Original Journalism at Incredible Scale (futurism.com)

2026-04-17 | by Maggie Harrison Dupré | get Fake News Detection Book → | tags: futurism, plagiarism, national today

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Nintendo's Made a Weird Animal Crossing. Tomodachi Life Has Me Living Like an Odd God (cnet.com)

2026-04-15 | by See Full Bio | get Tomodachi Life Nintendo Switch → | tags: nintendo, tomodachi life, animal crossing

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The new Tomodachi Life is made to be shared — even if Nintendo doesn’t want you to (theverge.com)

2026-04-15 | by Andrew Webster | get Tomodachi Life Nintendo Switch → | tags: nintendo, tomodachi life, switch

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Max Hodak’s Science Corp. is preparing to place its first sensor in a human brain (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-14 | by Tim Fernholz | get Brain-Computer Interface Kit → | tags: neuralink, max hodak, brain-computer interface

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McDonald’s next big bet is quenching your thirst (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-13 | get McDonald's Beverage Dispenser → | tags: mcdonalds, drinks menu, dirty sodas

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Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine under severe threat by publisher blocks (9to5mac.com)

2026-04-13 | by Ben Lovejoy | get Wayback Machine Access Blocker → | tags: wayback machine, internet archive, usa today

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Strait of Hormuz blockade, Goldman Sachs earnings, AI cybersecurity and more in Morning Squawk (cnbc.com)

2026-04-13 | by Josephine Rozzelle | get Cybersecurity AI Toolkit → | tags: strait of hormuz, goldman sachs, ai cybersecurity

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The Internet's Most Powerful Archiving Tool Is in Peril (wired.com)

2026-04-13 | by Kate Knibbs | get Wayback Machine Subscription → | tags: internet archive, wayback machine, ice detention

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This Clever Bike Bell Can Even Be Heard by People Wearing Noise-Canceling Headphones (wired.com)

2026-04-10 | by Diego Barbera | get Smart Bike Bell → | tags: škoda duobell, noise-canceling headphones, active noise cancellation

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Ugandan chimps split into two factions, then killed rivals (arstechnica.com)

2026-04-09 | get Chimpanzee Behavior Documentary → | tags: chimpanzee behavior, jane goodall, uganda