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LG monitors silently install software through Windows Update without consent

Score: 315 | Comments: 159

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The Computer at the Bottom of a Canal

Score: 49 | Comments: 9

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Fine, electric mountain bikes don’t suck

Cheater, I'd grumble between huffs as yet another e-bike rider casually skittered past me on a steep ascent. It's this purist attitude that, for years, has left me blind to one simple fact: electric m

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Neil Rimer thinks the AI money is coming back out

Neil Rimer, the venture capitalist who co-founded Index Ventures, predicts the historic wealth AI is generating in Silicon Valley will have to be redistributed, voluntarily or involuntarily.

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Show HN: IKEA Complexity Index

Score: 93 | Comments: 48

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Regressive JPEGs

Score: 459 | Comments: 45

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Arduino Launches Plug-and-Play Modules for Long-Range Sensor Projects

Score: 42 | Comments: 15

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I started a “dirt notebook”

Score: 82 | Comments: 71

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Applications close in 48 hours — here’s everything Australian founders need to know about Stripe x Startup Battlefield

The window is almost shut. On August 19, eight startups will take the stage at Stripe Tour Sydney in front of investors, global press, and the Australian tech community. One startup walks away with au

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Vertu wants executives to pay $6,880 for an AI agent — here’s how it actually performs

From AI workflows to battery life and security, here's what it's really like to live with Vertu's luxury foldable every day.

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Databricks hits $188B valuation, extending its run as AI’s favorite second act

Databricks has remade its image into an AI company and has published research on the cost savings of open weight AI models for coding.

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Taylor Farms pulls iceberg lettuce from the US market after cyclosporiasis outbreak

Food producer Taylor Farms released a statement on the Cyclospora outbreak Friday, confirming that it's "voluntarily removing all iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico from the US market." Reute

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What does the Riemann zeta function have to do with the distribution of primes?

Score: 36 | Comments: 8

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TP-Link Kasa cameras leaked home GPS via unauthenticated UDP for 6 years

Score: 158 | Comments: 58

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The Zoom hack that says, ‘Don’t record me’

If every meeting, watercooler conversation, and date gets transcribed and summarized, who's actually reading any of it?

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Open Book Touch: open-source e-reader

Score: 140 | Comments: 44

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Static search trees: 40x faster than binary search (2024)

Score: 149 | Comments: 10

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Agility Robotics plants its flag in Tesla’s backyard

Agility is opening a new training center for its Digit robots in Fremont, California.

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Shark’s versatile ChillPill cooling system is back to its best price

Portable fans are one of the easiest ways to stay cool during the summer, and you don’t have to spend much to find a decent one. If you’re looking for something more versatile, though, Shark’s ChillPi

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AI-driven memory crunch jolts India’s smartphone market

India's smartphone slowdown highlights how the AI boom is reshaping consumer electronics, from pricing and demand to corporate strategy.

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