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Sticky wage norms and the real wage cost of unexpected inflation (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-19 | tags: sticky wages, wage norms, inflation

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Programmable Property-Based Testing (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: based testing, programmable, programmable property

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fx :Tiny, open, native coding agent. (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: agnostic, aims, aims closer

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This Hidden Operational Crisis is Overloading College Admissions Teams — And Putting Enrollment at Risk (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-18 | by Ashish Fernando | tags: admissions, institutions, operational

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Show HN: Argus, agentic QA for teams whose coding agents move faster than QA (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: argus, playwright, visual testing

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Whoop's Advanced Labs health screenings will no longer require a subscription (engadget.com)

2026-08-18 | by Anna Washenko | tags: whoop, quest diagnostics, galleri

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WHOOP unlocks its advanced lab testing for everyone to use (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: whoop, grail, advanced labs

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Amazon slashes $150 off the Garmin Instinct 3 (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: garmin, instinct 3, amazon

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5 Places AI Learns About Your Brand (Your Website Isn’t One of Them) (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-18 | by Boris Dzhingarov | tags: answer, coverage, models

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Tesla is finally launching the Cybercab — let’s hope it’s ready (theverge.com)

2026-08-18 | by Andrew J. Hawkins | tags: tesla, cybercab, elon musk

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As temperatures get hotter, pesticides are more dangerous to farmworkers (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: pesticides, farmworkers, union for concerned scientists

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Gboard could soon make it easier to ignore clipboard suggestions (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: gboard, google, android

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How I turned my fish tank high tech (theverge.com)

2026-08-18 | by Emma Roth | tags: petbank, nano fish, celestial pearl danios

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Apple: DOJ’s latest challenge in antitrust case ‘fails at every level’ (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-18 | by Marcus Mendes | tags: apple, department of justice, antitrust

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What Is El Niño, and What Does It Mean for Weather, Water, and the Global Economy? (wired.com)

2026-08-17 | by Ritsuko Kawai | tags: el niño, noaa, pacific ocean

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Israel creates fake think tank in likely attempt to dupe AI chatbots (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-17 | by Nick Cleveland-Stout | tags: israel, hanover institute, ai chatbots

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How to Create Marketing That Every Generation Responds To (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-17 | by Joy Gendusa | tags: postcardmania, baby boomers, direct mail

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An update on leaving Gmail for Fastmail (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: fastmail, gmail, email hosting

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Pokémon Center data breach exposes customer info, cancels some orders (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: pokemon center, ceva logistics, cma cgm

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The only known trebuchet casualty in history (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: trebuchet, stirling castle, paleopathology

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Meet the only known trebuchet casualty in history (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: trebuchet, stirling castle, paleopathology

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David Sacks on X: Some thoughts on Dario's post (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: anthropic, big tech, regulation

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Air conditioner powered by a 'PC fan' labeled a scam by German consumer organization — there's a reason this lookalike AC unit is far cheaper than its competitors (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-17 | by Mark Tyson | tags: epicooler, stiftung warentest, pc fan

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Scientists create tiny drones and boats powered entirely by sound (techspot.com)

2026-08-17 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: epfl, acoustic resonance, microbot

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There’s Pretty Much No Good Way to Fight an Electric Vehicle Fire, New Study Finds (futurism.com)

2026-08-16 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: electric vehicles, lithium-ion batteries, thermal runaway

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UK researchers are growing miniature human tissue from NHS patient cells to improve drug testing (techspot.com)

2026-08-16 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: nhanced drug testing, organoids, nhs

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These practices improve your well-being and actually stick (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-16 | tags: matt bloom, lasting wellbeing, science-based practices

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Zapping Rocks Unlocks Stimulated Geologic Hydrogen (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-16 | by Ariel Bleicher | tags: eden geopower, electrical reservoir stimulation, geothermal heat

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AI Is Helping Patients Solve Medical Mysteries (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-15 | tags: medical diagnostics, patients, doctors

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Plastic mechanical computer from 1963: The Digi-Comp 1 [video] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-15 | tags: digi-comp 1, mechanical computer, plastic computer