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1.
I don't think AI will make your processes go faster (frederickvanbrabant.com)
482 points by TheEdonian 12 hours ago | 345 comments
2.
Mozilla to UK regulators: VPNs are essential privacy and security tools (blog.mozilla.org)
631 points by WithinReason 18 hours ago | 266 comments
3.
A nicer voltmeter clock (lcamtuf.substack.com)
310 points by surprisetalk 1 day ago | 42 comments
4.
Colossus: The Forbin Project (wikipedia.org)
212 points by doener 3 days ago | 81 comments
5.
Hosting a website on an 8-bit microcontroller (maurycyz.com)
230 points by zdw 23 hours ago | 19 comments
6.
Halt and Catch Fire (unstack.io)
191 points by ScottWRobinson 1 day ago | 101 comments
7.
A molecule with half-Möbius topology (science.org)
107 points by bryanrasmussen 5 days ago | 10 comments
8.
Native all the way, until you need text (justsitandgrin.im)
383 points by dive 13 hours ago | 254 comments
9.
Apple Silicon costs more than OpenRouter (williamangel.net)
294 points by datadrivenangel 12 hours ago | 249 comments
10.
Prolog Basics Explained with Pokémon (unplannedobsolescence.com)
204 points by birdculture 2 days ago | 32 comments
11.
 [dupe] Security researcher says Microsoft built a Bitlocker backdoor, releases exploit (techspot.com)
546 points by nolok 11 hours ago | 236 comments
12.
C++26 Shipped a SIMD Library Nobody Asked For (lucisqr.substack.com)
183 points by signa11 2 days ago | 147 comments
13.
AI subscriptions are a ticking time bomb for enterprise (thestateofbrand.com)
370 points by mooreds 13 hours ago | 374 comments
14.
The Third Hard Problem (mmapped.blog)
145 points by surprisetalk 3 days ago | 63 comments
15.
AI is a technology not a product (daringfireball.net)
313 points by ch_sm 11 hours ago | 130 comments
16.
I turned a $80 RK3562 Android tablet into a Debian Linux workstation (github.com/tech4bot)
234 points by tech4bot 11 hours ago | 117 comments
17.
Unknowable Math Can Help Hide Secrets (quantamagazine.org)
78 points by Xcelerate 4 days ago | 19 comments
18.
Illusions of understanding in the sciences (springer.com)
102 points by sebg 3 days ago | 50 comments
19.
WHO declares Ebola outbreak a global health emergency (nytimes.com)
273 points by zzzeek 11 hours ago | 168 comments
20.
High-Entropy Alloy (wikipedia.org)
103 points by leonidasrup 3 days ago | 22 comments
21.
Hindenburg’s Smoking Room (airships.net)
148 points by crescit_eundo 3 days ago | 94 comments
22.
CUDA Books (github.com/alternbits)
119 points by dariubs 12 hours ago | 25 comments
23.
Tesla Solar Roof is on life support as it pivot to panels (electrek.co)
149 points by celsoazevedo 20 hours ago | 157 comments
24.
At least 25 Flock cameras have been destroyed in five states since April 2025 (stateofsurveillance.org)
413 points by rolph 7 hours ago | 310 comments
25.
Self-Distillation Enables Continual Learning [pdf] (arxiv.org)
96 points by teleforce 23 hours ago | 22 comments
26.
Fisker went bankrupt and owners built an open source car company from the ashes (electrek.co)
166 points by breve 1 day ago | 65 comments
27.
Mercurial, 20 years and counting: how are we still alive and kicking? [video] (fosdem.org)
158 points by ibobev 2 days ago | 140 comments
28.
How diamonds are made (jaydip.me)
84 points by lemonberry 2 days ago | 54 comments
29.
Playing Atari ST Music on the Amiga with Zero CPU (arnaud-carre.github.io)
100 points by z303 17 hours ago | 37 comments
30.
Trials on veterans suggest ibogaine could provide a new treatment for PTSD (bbc.com)
76 points by bushwart 12 hours ago | 79 comments

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