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Post #231603 2.65K Sep 4, 2026, 14:04 UTC

Nearly impossible? How Fairphone built the ethical, repairable Fairphone Gen 6+
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Ars Technica Nearly impossible? How Fairphone built the ethical, repairable Fairphone Gen 6+ Fairphone's CTO explains how and why the Dutch company builds a different kind of smartphone.

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Post #231602 2.66K Sep 4, 2026, 13:50 UTC

Google AI Mode shows same products 21.6% more expensive than traditional search
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Productrise Google AI Mode shows the same products 21.6% more expensive than traditional search [Data Study] | Productrise A US and UK data study: when the same product ranks in both Google AI Mode and traditional search, the AI Mode price is about 21.6% higher.

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Post #231601 2.52K Sep 4, 2026, 13:03 UTC

IBM Bob
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IBM Bob AI SDLC (Software Development Lifecycle) partner.

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Post #231600 2.73K Sep 4, 2026, 12:59 UTC

Ok, but Does It Scale?
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Spacetime Ok, but does it scale? | Blog | Spacetime This is probably the question I get asked most about Spacetime. It’s a simple enough question, and it certainly seems like it should have a simple answer. Scaling is a complex topic, and the devil is…

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Post #231599 2.73K Sep 4, 2026, 12:59 UTC

Restoring 5 GHz Wi-Fi on an LG C5 by changing its webOS region
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GitHub GitHub - hawshemi/lg-c5-webos25-region-change Contribute to hawshemi/lg-c5-webos25-region-change development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Post #231598 2.83K Sep 4, 2026, 12:30 UTC

O&O ShutUp10 – The antispy tool for Windows 10 and 11
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O&O Software GmbH O&O ShutUp10++: Improve Windows data protection Enable recommended privacy options and make Windows 10/11 leaner and more private with just a few clicks.

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Post #231597 2.98K Sep 4, 2026, 12:27 UTC

Discovery of a new OpenAI agent message board
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collusion.wiki Discovery of a new OpenAI agent message board A swarm of autonomous AI agents, self-identifying as OpenAI agents, used a small German volunteer wiki to save answers, coordinate live, and share sandbox bypasses. OpenAI noticed and said nothing.

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Post #231596 3.04K Sep 4, 2026, 12:20 UTC

OpenAI agents hijacked German website in previously undisclosed AI breakout
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Post #231595 2.98K Sep 4, 2026, 10:34 UTC

Solving the Jane Street Reverse Engineering Challenge
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jestoph’s tech blog On solving the Jane Street Reverse Engineering Challenge Or: Why do I always do things the hard way?

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Post #231594 3.18K Sep 4, 2026, 08:58 UTC

The Raspberry Pi Interactive Timeline · 2006–2026
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raspberry.tips Raspberry Pi History: Timeline of Every Model 2006–2026 The history of the Raspberry Pi as an interactive timeline: every model, milestone and company event from 2006 to today, each with its original source.

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Post #231593 2.75K Sep 4, 2026, 08:43 UTC

Carbon-aware electricity pricing, measured daily on 38 grids
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Carbonawarepricing Carbon-Aware Pricing — Live The cleanest hour should be the cheapest. A live daily measurement of the CO₂ that carbon-aware electricity pricing would save.

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Post #231592 2.99K Sep 4, 2026, 07:20 UTC

Hackers Had a Live Feed of Every ID Verification Company Scanned for over a Year
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Techdirt Hackers Had A Live Feed Of Every ID This Verification Company Scanned. For Over A Year. From the very beginning of this recent obsession with identifying everyone online (yes, they like to call it “age” verification, but it always ends up as identity verification), we&#821…

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Post #231591 2.71K Sep 4, 2026, 06:54 UTC

Ask HN: Are others seeing Google's reCAPTCHA rejecting Firefox users?
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Post #231590 2.89K Sep 4, 2026, 04:05 UTC

Grep beats LSP? Why coding agents ignore your fancier tools
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AgentConnect Grep beats LSP? Why coding agents ignore your fancier tools I compared grep with LSP-backed semantic navigation across code-finding and editing tasks. The results show why a tool's LLM-friendliness may matter as much as the capability behind it.

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Post #231589 2.71K Sep 4, 2026, 03:47 UTC

A Mysterious Kidney Disease Has Arrived in Texas
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Texas Monthly A Mysterious Kidney Disease Has Arrived in Texas The condition, linked to heat on a warming planet, is affecting immigrants from Central America and Mexico. As scientists race to track the growing epidemic, its victims have been driven further into the shadows.

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Post #231588 2.57K Sep 4, 2026, 02:41 UTC

From Hookswitch to Grave
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Computers Are Bad from hookswitch to grave

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Post #231587 2.6K Sep 4, 2026, 02:27 UTC

Project Xanadu: Even More Hindsight
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gwern.net Project Xanadu: Even More Hindsight Retrospective on Project Xanadu’s success and failure: a lack of design iteration, meaningful use-cases, or practicality stopped a valuable vision from maturing into something useful. (And contrasted with my approach.)

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Post #231586 2.64K Sep 4, 2026, 02:20 UTC

1Password Replied to My Disappointment
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Nicola Losito 1password replied to my disappointment Like I wrote, september has started with my disappointment with 1password. As I was expecting, I got a reply to my email at the support team. Here’s what they have told me. Hello Nicola, Than…

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Post #231585 2.7K Sep 3, 2026, 23:20 UTC

GLP-1s Are Being Linked to Fewer Serious Infections, Including TB
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Gizmodo Ozempic and Other GLP-1s Are Being Linked to Fewer Serious Infections—Including TB Two recent studies have suggested that GLP-1 drugs can reduce the occurrence or severity of certain infections.

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Post #231584 2.59K Sep 3, 2026, 23:17 UTC

Protecting Engineers' Skills in the AI Era
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IEEE Spectrum AI Efficiency Could Cost Us the Next Generation of Experts Lessons from aviation and nuclear power show how to preserve human skills

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