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The Verge
SwitchBot’s Standing Circulator Fan is worth fighting for
I’m a fan. I can't remember the last time I got excited about a fan. Normally, I just buy whatever Vornado or Dreo model fits my budget, but that was before I started testing the…
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Hacker News
I Stored a Website in a Favicon
Article URL: https://www.timwehrle.de/blog/i-stored-a-website-in-a-favicon/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48606619 Points: 136 # Comments: 51
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Hacker News
Satellite reveals immense scale of GPS signal tampering
Article URL: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/satellites/its-quite-a-bit-more-than-we-expected-satellite-reveals-immense-scale-of-gps-signal-tampering Comments URL: https://…
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Hacker News
Where to Find the Colors Your Screen Can't Show You
Article URL: https://moultano.wordpress.com/2026/06/19/where-to-find-the-colors-your-screen-cant-show-you/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48606140 Points: 133 #…
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TechCrunch
He made your free video player run smoothly. Now he’s doing that for robots.
French serial entrepreneur and open-source legend Jean-Baptiste Kempf has been building Kyber, an infrastructure layer to control remote devices in real time.
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Hacker News
Ask HN: Will programmers write more efficient code during the memory shortage?
Maybe there will even be more interest in the invention and use of more advanced algorithms and data structures that use less memory? Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/ite…
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From PGP to Mythos: a brief history of export controls that didn’t stop anyone
For the last 30 years, stopping the flow of cybersecurity-related software has proven to be ineffective. It's unclear why it would work now with Anthropic’s cybersecurity model Myt…
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Go eyes robotaxis and acquisitions after Japan’s biggest IPO of 2026. Here’s why it matters
Go’s IPO — Japan’s biggest so far this year — has done more than provide a much-needed boost to the country’s languishing listing season. It has also supplied the taxi-hailing app…
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Nothing cancels this year’s CMF phone due to RAM prices
Nothing's next budget phone is the latest victim of RAMageddon. As 9to5Google reports, Nothing co-founder Akis Evangelidis announced in a post on X that a follow-up to the CMF Phon…
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Aura’s impressive e-ink photo frame doesn’t even look digital
What’s the most cliche possible gift you can give a relative? A digital photo frame, displaying a rotating slideshow of family photos. Now Aura has completely refreshed this produc…
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Hacker News
Surprising economics of load-balanced systems
Article URL: https://brooker.co.za/blog/2020/08/06/erlang.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48602918 Points: 114 # Comments: 29
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Hacker News
Bobby Prince, composer for Doom, Wolfenstein 3D, and Duke Nukem 3D, has died
Article URL: https://www.legacy.com/legacy/robert-bobby-prince-lll Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48602352 Points: 379 # Comments: 42
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NASA selects Eric Schmidt’s rocket company for a 2028 mission to Mars
Relativity Space’s CEO is former Google executive Eric Schmidt. | Image: Alexander Tamargo / Getty Images Relativity Space, the rocket company led by former Google executive Eric…
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Hacker News
Big Banana Car
https://cowboystatedaily.com/2026/06/18/giant-banana-pulled-... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48601420 Points: 156 # Comments: 79
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Hacker News
John Jumper to join Anthropic
Article URL: https://twitter.com/JohnJumperSci/status/2068001285173834106 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48601162 Points: 134 # Comments: 101
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Hue’s wired wall modules bring non-smart lights into its ecosystem
The new Wired Wall Switch Modules fit behind existing switches. | Image: Signify Smart lighting company Philips Hue has launched its first wired wall modules. Installed behind ex…
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Every fusion startup that has raised over $100M
Fusion startups have raised $7.1 billion to date, with the majority of it going to a handful of companies.
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Is the US government’s Anthropic ban accidentally helping the brand?
Just as last week was ending, the US government forced Anthropic to pull its two newest models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing national security concerns after Amazon researchers all…
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Billionaire Ambani wants AI in every call, app, and home
Reliance is weaving AI into telecom services used by more than 500 million people.
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The NTS Radio Player brings the best of internet radio to your hi-fi
Have I found my Chromecast Audio replacement? | Image: NTS Radio NTS Radio and Swedish audio company Atonemo have teamed up on a dedicated player that brings NTS's genre-defying…
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The film about Sam Altman has been dropped by Amazon MGM
Luca Guadagnino's film about OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Artificial, has reportedly been dropped by Amazon MGM. The film, which stars Andrew Garfield and covers the rollercoaster five…
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Our long national sunscreen nightmare is almost over
You need a quarter teaspoon for your face alone, a half teaspoon if you include the neck (which you should!) This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewe…
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Ars Technica
Rocket Report: Rebuild begins at Blue Origin launch pad; Relativity targets Mars
A French launch startup is scrapping the name of its rocket, apparently due to a trademark issue.
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The CEO of Allbirds’ new AI biz has a plan, but no team
Call it a startup with a sole founder and a very large seed round, but what's next is less clear.
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T1 Phone PR firm is ‘not assisting Trump Mobile any further’
Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. We don't have the phones we preordered yet, but this week we received unexpected news from Trump Mobile's…
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As global warming threatens corals, scientists search for reefs that can take the heat
Researchers say these coral strongholds may help repopulate more degraded reefs.
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A bold satellite rescue mission came together in record time, but will it work?
"I consider this a success already, just from the fact that we're even going to try this."
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Microsoft discovers new lightweight backdoor that steals cryptocurrency
Crypto Clipper spreads over USB and communicates over Tor.
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FDA advisors unanimously vote to approve Moderna's mRNA after agency drama
In February, a Trump official refused to review the vaccine.
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As China looms, Taiwan makes more drones for defense and the US military
Taiwan's drone spending plans for defense could also boost business overseas.
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NASA asks Northrop Grumman to stop working on lunar HALO module
"We are reassigning most affected employees across existing opportunities and programs."
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Android verification is coming: Google confirms timeline and supported app stores
A new system service will roll out this month ahead of big changes starting in September.