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City has roads named Tape Drive and Disk Drive from bygone HDD-making era — area was once home to the StorageTek empire (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-22 | by Mark Tyson | get StorageTek Tape Drive Model → | tags: storagetek, tape drive, disk drive

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Boomloom: Think with your hands (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-20 | tags: boomloom, warp threads, 4-shaft loom

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Amazon will now ship some products to you in 1 hour. But boy, will it cost you (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-03-17 | get Amazon Prime Now Delivery → | tags: amazon, one-hour delivery, e-commerce

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Ball x Pit on mobile, Piece by Piece x2 and other new indie games worth checking out (engadget.com)

2026-03-14 | get Mobile Game Controller → | tags: hyperwired, sidralgames, selectaplay

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Gummy Geometry (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-13 | get Gummy Bear Geometry Set → | tags: canvas, simulation, gummy geometry

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US Lawmakers Move to Kill the FBI’s Warrantless Wiretap Access (wired.com)

2026-03-12 | by Dell Cameron | get Wiretaps → | tags: fisa, government surveillance, fbi wiretap

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Explain it like I'm 5: Why is everyone on speakerphone in public? (arstechnica.com)

2026-03-11 | get Smart Speaker → | tags: septaphiladelphia, speakerphone, publictransit

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Quince hits $10B valuation with giant $500M round led by Iconiq (techcrunch.com)

2026-03-11 | by Julie Bort | get Quince → | tags: iconiq, quince, coach

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Tim Cook’s golf cart gets F1 treatment in new video from Apple Park (9to5mac.com)

2026-03-10 | by Ryan Christoffel | get Apple Park Golf Cart Model → | tags: apple tv, tim cook, formula 1

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FBI investigating hack on its wiretap and surveillance systems: report (techcrunch.com)

2026-03-05 | by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | get Internet → | tags: fbi wiretap systems, salt typhoon, chinese hackers

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The Ultimate Guide to Safely Disposing of Your Old Tech for Free (cnet.com)

2026-03-03 | by Tamara Palmer | get E-waste → | tags: best buy, data wipe, factory reset

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Screeching Sound of Peeling Tape (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-02 | get Peel and Stick → | tags: peeling, peeling tape, screeching

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There’s a Wild Reason Scotch Tape Screeches—and It Has to Do With the Speed of Sound (gizmodo.com)

2026-02-27 | get Scotch Tape → | tags: scotch tape, speed of sound, rust

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Spyware maker sentenced to prison in Greece for wiretapping politicians and journalists (techcrunch.com)

2026-02-26 | by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | get Smartphone → | tags: greece, intellexa, predator

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How to record an iPhone call (and where and when it's legal to do so) (zdnet.com)

2026-02-26 | by Elyse Betters Picaro | get Phone Recorder → | tags: iphone call recording, ios 26, tapeacall

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Scientists crack the case of "screeching" Scotch tape (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-24 | get Scotch → | tags: scotch tape, physical review e, john borden

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Scientists crack the case of "screeching" Scotch tape (arstechnica.com)

2026-02-24 | get Scotch → | tags: scotch tape, physical review e, john borden

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Here's why Scotch tape screeches when it's peeled (arstechnica.com)

2026-02-24 | get Scotch → | tags: scotch tape, physical review e, richard drew

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If You Miss MTV and Dunkaroos, This Indie Game Is for You (cnet.com)

2026-02-24 | by See Full Bio | get Dunkin' Donuts → | tags: mixtape, dunkaroos, summer game fest

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Finally, a technical advancement to my favorite old-school measuring tool - and it's on sale (zdnet.com)

2026-02-23 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get Digital Scale → | tags: milesey xtape1, laser rangefinder, apple watch

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How to Recycle Your Old Laptops and Printers for Free (cnet.com)

2026-02-21 | by Tamara Palmer | get E-waste → | tags: best buy, staples, data wipe

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Here’s how Elon Musk’s giant moon cannon would actually work (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-02-20 | get Space Cannon → | tags: announced, catapult, driver

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Show HN: SQL-tap – Real-time SQL traffic viewer for PostgreSQL and MySQL (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-14 | get SQL-tap → | tags: explain, proxy, sql tap

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Elon Musk wants to launch AI satellites from the Moon using a giant catapult (techspot.com)

2026-02-11 | get AI satellites → | tags: ai satellites, build, build massive

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Gradient.horse (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-10 | get Gradient.horse → | tags: amnesty, click, click tap

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Scalable and multiplexed recorders of gene regulation dynamics across weeks (feeds.nature.com)

2026-01-26 | by Zheng | get Gene Regulation Dynamics Recorder → | tags: cell, cytotape, gene

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Two Weeks Until Tapeout (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-25 | by Julia Desmazes | get Smartphone → | tags: array, design, jtag

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Legal AI giant Harvey acquires Hexus as competition heats up in legal tech (techcrunch.com)

2026-01-24 | by Connie Loizos | get Legal AI → | tags: harvey, million, pratap

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A popular Instapaper feature may soon start costing Kindle users (androidauthority.com)

2026-01-23 | get Ebook reader → | tags: costs, instapaper, kindle

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Does this headline even matter? Google Discover is writing its own with AI (androidauthority.com)

2026-01-23 | get Google Discover → | tags: card, generated, outlet