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Logitech will pull a Nintendo — only European mice will come with replaceable batteries (theverge.com)

2026-07-28 | by Sean Hollister | tags: logitech, switch 2, europe

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Fertility clinics are offering young mitochondria in controversial fertility technique (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-28 | by Chen | tags: fertility clinics, mitochondrial replacement therapy, in vitro fertilization

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Apple's App Store is on pace to add 1 million new apps this year, most are AI slop (techspot.com)

2026-07-23 | by Kishalaya Kundu | tags: apple, app store, replit

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Apple's App Store is being inundated with low-quality vibecoded apps that no one is downloading (techspot.com)

2026-07-23 | by Kishalaya Kundu | tags: app store, vibecoding, replit

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How to Write a Quine (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-23 | tags: quines, computing, source code

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Instagram now lets you swap out the music in your old posts (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-21 | by Aisha Malik | tags: instagram, meta, replace audio

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Zilog Z80 turns 50 as an open-source replacement heads to drop-in DIP40 silicon — iconic 8-bit CPU launched in July 1976 and was discontinued in 2024 (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-19 | by Luke James | tags: zilog z80, open-source replacement, intel 8080

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Co-evolution of self-replication and function in a digital primordial soup (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-18 | tags: self-replication, primordial soup, digital evolution

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Military personnel will be tested for low testosterone. Is that a good idea? (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-17 | tags: defense secretary pete hegseth, testosterone replacement therapy, u.s. service members

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The manosphere’s testosterone obsession reaches the highest levels of US military (theverge.com)

2026-07-17 | by Victoria Song | tags: manosphere, testosterone, us military

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There’s a lot of hype around perimenopause. Don’t buy it. (technologyreview.com)

2026-07-17 | by Jessica Hamzelou | tags: perimenopause, hormone replacement therapy, estrogen

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Your LCD Steam Deck may not be as repairable anymore as spare parts dry out (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-16 | tags: deck, ifixit, parts

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Will making ‘replication studies’ easier to find help science self-correct? (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-16 | by Singh Chawla | tags: original, pubpeer, replication

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European Commission will not force smartwatches and other wearables to have replaceable batteries (engadget.com)

2026-07-15 | by Ian Carlos Campbell | tags: batteries, battery, devices

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Pebble has a surprisingly generous fix for faulty Time 2 watches (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-14 | tags: cracked, hardware, pebble

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X admits its broken algorithm made the site feel like a ‘battleground’ (theverge.com)

2026-07-14 | by Stevie Bonifield | tags: algo, algo friends, appear

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X's algorithm will finally prioritize replies from people you already follow (engadget.com)

2026-07-14 | by Mariella Moon | tags: bier, bier said, boost visibility

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How to work with AI without becoming replaceable (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-13 | tags: advice rise, ai replacement, experts

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Apple developing new Apple Pencil models for release next year, possibly with replaceable batteries (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-12 | by Benjamin Mayo | tags: apple, apple pencil, battery

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Cloudflare Meerkat - Globally distributed consensus (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-08 | tags: consensus, leader, meerkat

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Nintendo reveals launch timeline for the Switch 2 with a replaceable battery (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-07 | tags: batteries, battery, nintendo

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Nintendo Switch 2 Is Getting a Replaceable Battery in Europe (slashdot.org)

2026-07-06 | tags: batteries, nintendo, regulations

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Nintendo will stop selling the original Switch in Europe next year (theverge.com)

2026-07-06 | by Andrew Webster | tags: hardware, nintendo, nintendo switch

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GitHub Freno: cooperative, highly available throttler service (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-06 | tags: clients, freno, mysql

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EV Batteries Defy Expectations, Last Hundreds of Thousands of Miles (slashdot.org)

2026-07-05 | by Posted | tags: batteries, battery, replacement

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Woman's hip replacement disintegrates, causing severe metal poisoning (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-02 | tags: hip replacement, metal poisoning, metal disintegration

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Scientists Made a Cell From Scratch For First Time (slashdot.org)

2026-07-01 | tags: spudcell, university of minnesota, e. coli

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Show HN: LIBR tracing with source ledger rows and byte-exact PDF verification (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-01 | by Exit Protocol | tags: libr, pdf verification, source ledger

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Looking Ahead to Postgres 19 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-30 | by Learn More About The Author | get PostgreSQL 19 Book → | tags: postgres, repack, logical replication

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FSF 'LibreLocal' Organized From Prison by Iranian Man Jailed for 'Cyber-Crimes' After Promoting Free Software (slashdot.org)

2026-06-27 | by Posted | get Linux Foundation T-Shirt → | tags: free software, librelocal, libreplanet