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Sarah's Wager
Article URL: https://colossus.com/article/sarah-guo-conviction/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48992960 Points: 18 # Comments: 8
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Jul 21, 2026
Apple Defeats Liability for Not Scanning iCloud for CSAM
Article URL: https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2026/07/apple-defeats-liability-for-not-scanning-icloud-for-csam-but...
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Jul 21, 2026
Over 400 Linux CVEs published in the last 24 hours alone
Article URL: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48992669 Po...
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Jul 21, 2026
UK government scraps plans for digital ID cards after millions of Brits opposed
The new U.K. government scrapped a digital ID program that millions of British people opposed, in place of a tax cut to ...
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Jul 21, 2026
The Xteink X4 Pro could be the tiny e-reader of your dreams
Xteink makes its pocket-sized e-reader even better with a touchscreen and front light.
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Jul 21, 2026
A touchscreen and light make the new X4 Pro the best version of Xteink’s tiny e-readers
The familiar story with Xteink’s tiny e-readers plays out once again with its new X4 Pro: upgraded hardware held back ...
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Jul 21, 2026
PCjs Machines
Article URL: https://www.pcjs.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48992323 Points: 26 # Comments: 1...
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Jul 21, 2026
Why Are There No Empires in Age of Empires? (2019)
Article URL: https://acoup.blog/2019/11/22/collections-why-are-there-no-empires-in-age-of-empires/ Comments URL: https:...
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Jul 21, 2026
The Great Peptide Cash Grab Has Begun
The FDA could decide whether to loosen rules around peptide production this week. Some telehealth players are already se...
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Jul 21, 2026
When your vehicle outlives its cloud: What happens next?
Automakers love connected vehicles, but support isn't open-ended.
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Jul 21, 2026
Garmin’s new screen-free fitness tracker doesn’t require a subscription
Garmin announced a new smart band today designed to track "advanced fitness and wellness features" without a screen to e...
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Jul 21, 2026
Music streamer Deezer says more than 50% of daily uploads are AI-generated
Deezer said more than 90,000 AI-generated tracks were uploaded daily on the platform in June
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Jul 21, 2026
The Switch 2 is $50 off at Woot for new customers
Woot is celebrating its 22nd anniversary by rolling out a full week of sales, and one of them stands out for gamers look...
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Jul 21, 2026
Bluecore Energy raises $10M to build portable nuclear reactors on barges
Maritime nuclear energy startup Bluecore Energy has raised $10 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Slauson &...
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Jul 21, 2026
Apps targeted at US troops contain Chinese and Russian code
More than one-eighth of apps analyzed contained foreign code.
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Jul 21, 2026
The Great Steam Deck Crash of 2026: How the New Pricing Decreased Demand by 80%
Article URL: https://boilingsteam.com/the-great-steam-deck-volume-crash/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/ite...
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Jul 21, 2026
2027 Kia Seltos first drive gives you plenty of SUV for not much $
It starts at just under $25,000, but the hybrid won't arrive until next year. ...
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Jul 21, 2026
Halliday’s New Smart Glasses Skip the Camera
Halliday’s G2 glasses can listen to and summarize your workplace meetings—with no video involved.
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Jul 21, 2026
Halliday’s latest smart glasses feature a much-improved display
I first slipped on Halliday's original smart glasses at CES 2025. I was not a fan. The glasses had a tiny, movable displ...
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Jul 21, 2026
Nintendo keeps making shooters more friendly and approachable
Nintendo does a lot of weird things, but Splatoon might just be one of the strangest - or at least the boldest. The seri...
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Jul 21, 2026
The wireless headset that gets hot-swappable batteries right
New gaming gear is always promising to shave milliseconds off latency or response time. The improvements usually aren't ...
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Jul 21, 2026
New US homeownership measure puts people first
Article URL: https://www.minneapolisfed.org/article/2026/new-homeownership-measure-puts-people-first Comments URL: http...
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Jul 21, 2026
8 Best Smartwatches (2026): Apple, Google, and Hybrid Watches
These WIRED-tested wearables reduce your reliance on a phone while keeping you connected.
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Jul 21, 2026
Israeli spyware vans infiltrate American streets and your phones
Article URL: https://cybernews.com/privacy/us-police-israeli-spy-vans-falconet-cognyte/ Comments URL: https://news.ycom...
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Jul 21, 2026
America needs to stop getting shocked by Chinese AI
Last week, two Chinese AI companies unveiled models they say can credibly compete with the best systems from OpenAI and ...
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Jul 21, 2026
Abdul El-Sayed Is an Epidemiologist Running for Senate. His State Is a Public Health Disaster
Michigan has been at the epicenter of the wildfire smoke and explosive diarrhea outbreaks. The progressive Democrat talk...
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Jul 21, 2026
‘It’s a Modern-Day Draft’: Why Stanford Students Walked Out on Sundar Pichai’s Commencement Speech
Last month, more than a hundred Stanford students left their own graduation to protest Google’s military contracts and...
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Jul 21, 2026
Who’s afraid of the big, bad GPU?
How does AI make you feel? Are you excited to “vibe-code” your smart home? Or anxious about all the added pollution ...
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Jul 21, 2026
A Device Hidden in Cars Across the US Leaves Them Vulnerable to Hacking and Paralysis. Patch It Now
Dealerships installed alarms in millions of vehicles—and left them in even if the buyer didn’t want them. Now resear...
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Jul 21, 2026
Stop Saying Kids Can’t Read
Everyone is talking about the reading crisis. But inside the “Mississippi Miracle,” it’s all about comprehension.