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4 Best Budget Smartwatch Models for Less Than $250 (2026)

From fitness tracking to notifications, the best budget smartwatch can do a lot without costing a fortune.

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‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Is a Superhero Movie for Yearners

Peter Parker’s isolation lands especially hard in the age of AI, a loneliness crisis, and endless scrolling.

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Don’t Get Too Attached to Jimothy

Urban wildlife biologists say the stumpy raccoon seems to have adapted well to his environment and spinal condition—bu...

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Gpiozero Flow

Article URL: https://bennuttall.com/blog/2026/07/gpiozero-flow/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4910...

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Atomarine: Nuclear Data Centers at Sea

Article URL: https://atomarine.co/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49108039 Points: 11 # Comments: 3...

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SwitchBot makes a better fan

I was already a big fan of SwitchBot's big circulator fan I recently reviewed, and now we're getting the SwitchBot Batte...

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OpenAI’s Hacking Debacle Was a Human Mistake

If the generative AI giant had followed well-known security best practices, it’s likely that its AI agent would never ...

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LinkedIn Won’t Be Expanding Its Data Centers in the Next Year

Despite the ongoing AI boom, LinkedIn is holding the line on compute spending. Instead, it’s challenging engineers to ...

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Google will expand age checks on Android worldwide till the end of the year

Article URL: https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/07/google-play-age-signals-api-safer-experiences.html Comme...

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TCL Tab A1 Plus Review (2026): Cheap Tablet That Doesn’t Feel It

For most people, the Tab A1 Plus checks all the boxes and is the best budget tablet you can buy, but don’t expect powe...

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A Civilian Plane Crashed in New Mexico. Was the Military’s Tech to Blame?

Drone warfare is making the skies more dangerous, even for airplanes far from the battlefield.

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Agent-Manager: A Tmux TUI for Running Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode

Article URL: https://github.com/YoanWai/agent-manager Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49107749 Point...

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AI Scammers Are Better at Building Trust Than Humans

Researchers pitted a person against a Claude agent and found that, after a week of texting, the AI chatbot was more effe...

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Carolina Cloud pays SOFR on unused prepaid credits

Article URL: https://docs.carolinacloud.io/organizations/prepaid-interest/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/i...

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I Got a Free Meal From a Private Chef—Who Filmed It All to Train Robots

A German startup sent a camera-wearing chef to my apartment. In exchange for a free lunch, I let them record every chop ...

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Tailscale with Mullvad leaks your DNS

Article URL: https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/issues/9284 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4910...

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The Apple Calculator Language

Article URL: https://wadetregaskis.com/the-apple-calculator-language/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i...

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Cisco FMC static credential vulnerability exploited as a zero-day

Article URL: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-fmc-static-cred-BET...

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Ron Gilbert started production on Thimbleweed Park 2

Article URL: https://www.grumpygamer.com/twp2_announce/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49107246 Poi...

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I Have Thoughts on the iPhone Air

Article URL: https://christianselig.com/2026/07/iphone-air-review/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4...

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EU now fears US interference in European elections

Article URL: https://www.eunews.it/en/2026/07/29/eu-now-fears-us-interference-in-european-elections/ Comments URL: http...

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Claude is down for 2nd consecutive day

Article URL: https://status.claude.com/incidents/fsh2zzzl2c4l Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=491065...

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Show HN: Edge Drop- #1 productivity and unique clipboard 200 stars on GitHub

Article URL: https://github.com/Deepender25/Edge-Drop Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49106529 Point...

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1,741 "informed" consents with one click? GDPR complaint filed

Article URL: https://noyb.eu/en/1741-informed-consents-one-click-gdpr-complaint-against-dictcc-filed Comments URL: http...

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Why the future is local app

Article URL: https://getapps.cafe/blog/why-the-future-is-local-app Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4...

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NSF pilots 4-year PhDs with industry research placements

Article URL: https://www.nsf.gov/news/nsf-partners-universities-industry-pilot-initiative-four Comments URL: https://ne...

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Kuna: Decompiler Development in the Age of Coding Agents

Article URL: https://noelo.org/blog/kuna-release/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49105563 Points: 9...

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A pharmacy chain in Vermont implemented AI for efficiency

Article URL: https://vtdigger.org/2026/07/29/a-pharmacy-chain-in-vermont-implemented-ai-for-efficiency-its-led-to-delay...

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Flume Water Monitor 915 MHz Security Is Pretty Good

Article URL: https://waveformsecurity.com/blog/flume/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49105136 Point...

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Starter Homes Are Piling Up While Luxury Homes Fly Off the Market

Article URL: https://www.zillow.com/research/starter-homes-price-tiers-36571/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.co...