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Evidence of Fraud in an Influential Study About Procrastination

Article URL: https://datacolada.org/138 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49516199 Points: 22 # Comments: 4

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Technology Aug 31, 2026

A Genealogy of Freudenthal's Lincos

Article URL: https://www.shellsandpebbles.com/2026/01/19/a-genealogy-of-freudenthals-lincos-part-i-looking-up-from-the-...

Technology Aug 31, 2026

Polymarket reportedly raises $300 million from Donald Trump Jr.’s investment fund

The firm, 1789 Capital, led the funding round that reportedly will total around $1 billion.

Technology Aug 31, 2026

Tmp.0ut Volume 5

Article URL: https://tmpout.sh/5/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49516059 Points: 13 # Comments: 14...

Technology Aug 31, 2026

a16z brings growth fund to $8.5B days after launching new $1.1B fund

Andreessen Horowitz held out its hand and returned with billions more in new funds to invest in startups.

Technology Aug 31, 2026

The Bentley Supersports: A stripped-out engineer's indulgence

It's the lightest Bentley in 85 years.

Technology Aug 31, 2026

Run macOS Software on Linux

Article URL: https://www.darlinghq.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49515830 Points: 24 # Commen...

Technology Aug 31, 2026

The Google TV Streamer now costs $50 more

Google raised the price of its 4K streaming box to $149, up $50 from its original $99 price. The new price is currently ...

Technology Aug 31, 2026

Develop Cross-Platform CLI and GUI Tools with Tcl/Tk

Article URL: https://cgicoffee.com/blog/2026/04/tcl-tk-develop-cross-platform-cli-gui-tools-tutorial-guide Comments URL...

Technology Aug 31, 2026

A group funded by Andreessen, Horowitz, and Brockman plans data center ads to sway midterms

Build American AI plans to lobby voters in select states about the virtues of data centers by spending millions of dolla...

Technology Aug 31, 2026

The Best Labor Day Mattress Deals on Beds We’ve Tried in Our Homes

It’s one of the best times of the year to buy a mattress, and our top tested picks are on sale.

Technology Aug 31, 2026

JMGO’s very bright all-in-one projector looks ideal for gamers and sports

JMGO's 4K 120Hz Iris Ultra Max all-in-one Google TV projector is now available outside China. It gets its name from a ne...

Technology Aug 31, 2026

FTC lawsuit alleges Amazon has been ‘secretly and systematically’ overcharging for ads

The FTC and 22 state attorneys general are suing Amazon for allegedly using a "secret ad surcharge" to drive up prices f...

Technology Aug 31, 2026

Trump admin shelves Cyclospora research despite record-breaking outbreak

The CDC has tallied nearly 30,000 confirmed and probable cases this summer. ...

Technology Aug 31, 2026

I went to the loneliest baseball game on Apple Vision Pro

This weekend, I strapped on an Apple Vision Pro to watch a baseball game in immersive virtual reality for the first time...

Technology Aug 31, 2026

How we configured OpenTelemetry logs in Rails

Article URL: https://www.sixpatterns.com/blog/how-we-configured-opentelemetry-logs-in-rails Comments URL: https://news....

Technology Aug 31, 2026

Get in on the Ars community that doesn’t fit beneath an article

You've read the stories. Now check out our forums.

Technology Aug 31, 2026

Google Has Removed MV2 Extensions from the Chrome Web Store, Including UBO

Article URL: https://webiterate.dev/google-removed-extensions-ublock-origin-108/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator...

Technology Aug 31, 2026

Autonomous (YC F25) Is Hiring Engineers

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49514781 Points: 0 # Comments: 0

Technology Aug 31, 2026

Show HN: Markdown Viewer and Editor

I built an online viewer and editor for .md files where the file stays on your machine. Free to use and code is availab...

Technology Aug 31, 2026

The river of Apple's interface guidelines

Article URL: https://hig.josefrichter.design/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49514454 Points: 3 # C...

Technology Aug 31, 2026

FTC accuses Amazon of running a ‘secret ad surcharge scheme’ in new lawsuit

Amazon is facing a new lawsuit from the FTC and 22 states for allegedly secretly charging businesses more for advertisin...

Technology Aug 31, 2026

The Pentagon now has its own version of ChatGPT and Grok

Versions of OpenAI's ChatGPT and SpaceXAI's Grok will join Google's Gemini on the Pentagon's central portal for AI tools...

Technology Aug 31, 2026

Review: Coyote vs. Acme is an unabashed love letter to Looney Tunes

Director Dave Green's live action/animated hybrid captures smart, subversive weirdness of the c...

Technology Aug 31, 2026

Asus ProArt 27 QD-OLED (PA279cdv) Review: HDR for All

I wouldn’t call it cheap, but this monitor from Asus brings proper HDR-capable video editing to creators who couldn’...

Technology Aug 31, 2026

Alienware’s budget-friendly QD-OLED is discounted for the first time

While memory and storage prices are still high, there are still good discounts on other gaming-related hardware. Take Al...

Technology Aug 31, 2026

Instagram puts new limits on undisclosed AI profiles

As frustration over AI influencers has been growing, Instagram is limiting the reach of undisclosed AI profiles.

Technology Aug 31, 2026

Apple’s top App Store exec, Phil Schiller, follows wave of exits as CEO Tim Cook steps down

The longtime executive won't be leaving Apple just yet but staff at the company say it's a step closer to Schiller retir...

Technology Aug 31, 2026

Microsoft tests fix for latest hours-long Outlook outage

Microsoft says it's testing a fix for the widespread Outlook issues that have led to email delays and failures.

Technology Aug 31, 2026

Kalshi bans George Santos for life over State of the Union bets

The disciplinary action comes two months after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission settled charges against Santos.