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1.
I don't think AI will make your processes go faster (frederickvanbrabant.com)
517 points by TheEdonian 16 hours ago | 368 comments
2.
Mozilla to UK regulators: VPNs are essential privacy and security tools (blog.mozilla.org)
674 points by WithinReason 21 hours ago | 276 comments
3.
A nicer voltmeter clock (lcamtuf.substack.com)
320 points by surprisetalk 1 day ago | 43 comments
4.
Colossus: The Forbin Project (wikipedia.org)
223 points by doener 3 days ago | 90 comments
5.
Hosting a website on an 8-bit microcontroller (maurycyz.com)
235 points by zdw 1 day ago | 20 comments
6.
Native all the way, until you need text (justsitandgrin.im)
404 points by dive 16 hours ago | 270 comments
7.
Prolog Basics Explained with Pokémon (unplannedobsolescence.com)
217 points by birdculture 2 days ago | 34 comments
8.
Halt and Catch Fire (unstack.io)
196 points by ScottWRobinson 1 day ago | 104 comments
9.
A molecule with half-Möbius topology (science.org)
108 points by bryanrasmussen 5 days ago | 10 comments
10.
Apple Silicon costs more than OpenRouter (williamangel.net)
305 points by datadrivenangel 16 hours ago | 260 comments
11.
I turned a $80 RK3562 Android tablet into a Debian Linux workstation (github.com/tech4bot)
280 points by tech4bot 14 hours ago | 131 comments
12.
AI is a technology not a product (daringfireball.net)
358 points by ch_sm 15 hours ago | 153 comments
13.
 [dupe] Security researcher says Microsoft built a Bitlocker backdoor, releases exploit (techspot.com)
554 points by nolok 14 hours ago | 244 comments
14.
C++26 Shipped a SIMD Library Nobody Asked For (lucisqr.substack.com)
185 points by signa11 2 days ago | 149 comments
15.
Tesla Solar Roof is on life support as it pivot to panels (electrek.co)
196 points by celsoazevedo 1 day ago | 193 comments
16.
AI subscriptions are a ticking time bomb for enterprise (thestateofbrand.com)
380 points by mooreds 16 hours ago | 378 comments
17.
The Third Hard Problem (mmapped.blog)
149 points by surprisetalk 3 days ago | 64 comments
18.
High-Entropy Alloy (wikipedia.org)
115 points by leonidasrup 3 days ago | 23 comments
19.
CUDA Books (github.com/alternbits)
152 points by dariubs 15 hours ago | 33 comments
20.
Hindenburg’s Smoking Room (airships.net)
168 points by crescit_eundo 3 days ago | 129 comments
21.
Mercurial, 20 years and counting: how are we still alive and kicking? [video] (fosdem.org)
172 points by ibobev 2 days ago | 171 comments
22.
Unknowable Math Can Help Hide Secrets (quantamagazine.org)
80 points by Xcelerate 4 days ago | 19 comments
23.
Illusions of understanding in the sciences (springer.com)
104 points by sebg 3 days ago | 53 comments
24.
Trials on veterans suggest ibogaine could provide a new treatment for PTSD (bbc.com)
85 points by bushwart 16 hours ago | 90 comments
25.
WHO declares Ebola outbreak a global health emergency (nytimes.com)
288 points by zzzeek 14 hours ago | 177 comments
26.
At least 25 Flock cameras have been destroyed in five states since April 2025 (stateofsurveillance.org)
419 points by rolph 11 hours ago | 313 comments
27.
Self-Distillation Enables Continual Learning [pdf] (arxiv.org)
99 points by teleforce 1 day ago | 23 comments
28.
The occasional ECONNRESET (movq.de)
102 points by zdw 11 hours ago | 23 comments
29.
Fisker went bankrupt and owners built an open source car company from the ashes (electrek.co)
169 points by breve 1 day ago | 65 comments
30.
How diamonds are made (jaydip.me)
88 points by lemonberry 2 days ago | 56 comments

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