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SMPTE Opens Entire Standards Catalog for Free, Removing Century-Old Paywall (slashdot.org)

2026-06-20 | by Posted | get SMPTE Standards Digital Library → | tags: smpte, standards catalog, upward compatible

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Let’s Hear It for This Prime Day Deal Slashing $76 Off Nothing’s Earbuds (cnet.com)

2026-06-20 | by See Full Bio | get Nothing Ear (2) Wireless Earbuds → | tags: nothing earbuds, amazon prime day, active noise cancellation

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Microsoft Discovers Cryptocurrency Stealer That Spreads Through USB Drives and Uses Tor (slashdot.org)

2026-06-20 | by Posted | get USB Data Blocker → | tags: microsoft, cryptocurrency, usb drives

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DOS Game "F-15 Strike Eagle II" reversing project needs DOS test pilots (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-20 | by Neuviemeporte'S Journal | get DOSBox Emulator Software → | tags: f-15 strike eagle ii, dos, reverse engineering

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FSF Patches Two-Year-Old Vulnerability Found by AI Researchers in GNU Savannah Repository (slashdot.org)

2026-06-20 | by Posted | get GNU/Linux Security Book → | tags: fsf, gnu savannah, ai researchers

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You Might Be Eligible for a Payment From Google's $135M Data Settlement. How to File a Claim (cnet.com)

2026-06-20 | by See Full Bio | get Google Data Settlement Guide → | tags: google, android, lawsuit

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Web Browsers on PDAS (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-20 | by Declan Chidlow | get Portable Web Browser for PDAs → | tags: pda, web browsers, wireless application protocol

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The European Social Stack (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-20 | get European Social Stack Book → | tags: fediverse, mastodon, matrix

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If 'Disclosure Day' Comes, How Can We Trust Evidence of UFOs? (cnet.com)

2026-06-20 | by See Full Bio | get UFO Detection and Analysis Kit → | tags: ufo, department of defense, disclosure day

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Rare ASML Special Edition Monopoly board unearthed in social media trade — enthusiast swaps 2007 employee gift for High-NA EUV Lego kit (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-20 | by Mark Tyson | get ASML Monopoly Special Edition → | tags: asml, high-na euv, monopoly

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The best 3D scanners 2026 — the top performing models we've benchmarked (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-20 | by Andrew Sink | get 3D Systems Sense 3D Scanner → | tags: 3d scanners, 3d printing, laser engraver

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Waymo Has Been Defeated by New York City (futurism.com)

2026-06-20 | by Victor Tangermann | get Waymo Self-Driving Car Model → | tags: waymo, nyc, self-driving

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Pong in S Favicon (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-20 | get Mini Pong Game Keychain → | tags: pong, favicon, browser

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China’s Ministry of State Security Accuses ‘Spy Turtles and Spy Fish’ of Stealing Sensitive Marine Data (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-20 | get Underwater Drone Camera → | tags: china ministry of state security, spy turtles, spy fish

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AI buildout gives tech investors new reasons to watch bond market (cnbc.com)

2026-06-20 | by Kate Rooney | get AI Investment Analysis Tool → | tags: amazon, alphabet, data center

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The UK will scan asylum-seekers’ faces for age checks—despite knowing the tech is flawed (arstechnica.com)

2026-06-20 | get Facial Recognition Age Verification → | tags: uk government, facial age estimation, asylum seekers

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Student Loan Borrowers Will Get Interest Rate Cut If They Sign Up For Auto Pay (slashdot.org)

2026-06-20 | get AutoPay Student Loan Calculator → | tags: student loans, auto pay, interest rate

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Steam Next Fest demos, a Virtual Boy-inspired shooter and other new indie games worth checking out (engadget.com)

2026-06-20 | by Kris Holt | get Virtual Boy-inspired gaming controller → | tags: steam next fest, valve, screenbound

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Bootimus – A Self-Contained PXE and HTTP Boot Server (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-20 | tags: pxe server, go programming, boot images

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I Found 29 Early Prime Day Deals That Are Worth Shopping Now (2026) (wired.com)

2026-06-20 | by Scott Gilbertson | get Prime Day Deal Finder → | tags: amazon prime day, surface laptop, alexa speaker

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China unveils man-portable anti-drone laser that can burn through a drone 1,600 feet away in four seconds — backpack-sized 2-kilowatt weapon uses AI for targeting, weighs 55 pounds, and can be carried by a single soldier (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-20 | by Luke James | get Portable Laser Defense System → | tags: harbin xinguang, lijian ii, lijian iii

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Don't Buy an Expensive DLP Projector. This Cheaper, Portable Model Is Just as Good (cnet.com)

2026-06-20 | by See Full Bio | get Portable Mini Projector → | tags: hisense, m2 pro, rgb laser

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Moves of the Diamond Hand is an unfinished, irresistibly weird dice-based RPG (theverge.com)

2026-06-20 | by Adi Robertson | tags: dice-based rpg, moves of the diamond hand, cosmo d

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Nothing scraps next CMF phone after memory prices make it too expensive (techspot.com)

2026-06-20 | by Rob Thubron | get Samsung Galaxy A54 → | tags: nothing, cmf phone 2 pro, rampocalypse

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TikTok Has Been Completely Taken Over by AI Slop (futurism.com)

2026-06-20 | by Victor Tangermann | get AI Content Creator Kit → | tags: tiktok, kapwing, ai-generated videos

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Massive bonuses for South Korea's chip workers puts central bank on inflation alert (cnbc.com)

2026-06-20 | by Lim Hui Jie Blair Baek | get Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 → | tags: bank of korea, south korea, tech industry

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I Stored a Website in a Favicon (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-20 | get Favicon Editor Tool → | tags: favicon, steganography, html payload

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How to feed a dictator (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-20 | by Andrew Lawrence | get Dictator's Guidebook Puzzle Game → | tags: kim jong-il, saddam hussein, hannah arendt

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Hey, n00b, we didn't hire you to complete tasks (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-20 | by Kent Beck | tags: noob, senior engineers, task completion

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ChatGPT’s New Internet Browser Can Run 90% of a One-Person Business (No Hiring Required) (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-20 | by Ben Angel | get ChatGPT Browser Extension → | tags: chatgpt, atlas, google docs