The Brutalist Report - tech
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- The Dangers of California's Legislation to Censor 3D Printing [1d]
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- Why it's impossible to measure England's coastline [1d]
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- SnapState - Persistent state for AI agent workflows [1d]
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- WiiFin – Jellyfin Client for Nintendo Wii [1d]
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- The AI Revolution in Math Has Arrived [1d]
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- Let's Talk Space Toilets [1d]
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- The Human Cost of 10x: How AI Is Physically Breaking Senior Engineers [1d]
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- N-Day-Bench – Can LLMs find real vulnerabilities in real codebases? [1d]
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- Tokens – The New Dopamine Economy [1d]
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- Stanford report highlights growing disconnect between AI insiders and everyone [2d]
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- The tech jobs bust is real. Don't blame AI (yet) [2d]
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- Mathematical Minimalism [2d]
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- Show HN: Continual Learning with .md [2d]
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- GitHub Stacked PRs [2d]
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- Ascending into the Realm of Japanese Charts [2d]
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- Google has the same AI adoption curve as John Deere [2d]
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- Just Enough Chimera Linux [2d]
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- (AMD) Build AI Agents That Run Locally [2d]
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- Shape Grammar [2d]
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- The Looming College-Enrollment Death Spiral [2d]
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- Show HN: Ithihāsas – a character explorer for Hindu epics, built in a few hours [2d]
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- How to make Firefox builds 17% faster [2d]
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- Austerity Creates Fascism [2d]
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- Visualizing CPU Pipelining (2024) [2d]
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- Evaluation of Claude Mythos Preview's cyber capabilities [2d]
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- 'Yes to fields of wheat, no to fields of iron': how Denmark soured on solar [2d]
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- Someone Bought 30 WordPress Plugins and Planted a Backdoor in All of Them [2d]
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- Tax Wrapped 2025 [2d]
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- New Orleans's Car-Crash Conspiracy [2d]
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- The Rational Conclusion of Doomerism Is Violence [2d]
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- The Future of Everything Is Lies, I Guess: Safety [2d]
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- Claude Mythos: The System Card [2d]
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- Who's Been Impersonating This ProPublica Reporter? [2d]
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- Missouri town fires half its city council over data center deal [2d]
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- Building a CLI for All of Cloudflare [2d]
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- Stealthy RCE on Hardened Linux: Noexec and Userland Execution PoC [2d]
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- Claude.ai down [2d]
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- Nothing Ever Happens: Polymarket bot that always buys No on non-sports markets [2d]
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- Alpine Divorce: A Hike That Ends a Relationship [2d]
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- We May Be Living Through the Most Consequential Hundred Days in Cyber History [2d]
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- Make Tmux Pretty and Usable [2d]
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- MEMS Array Chip Can Project Video the Size of a Grain of Sand [2d]
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- Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly building an AI clone to replace him in meetings [2d]
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- Microsoft isn't removing Copilot from Windows 11, it's just renaming it [2d]
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- US appeals court declares 158-year-old home distilling ban unconstitutional [2d]
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- Initial mainline video capture and camera support for Rockchip RK3588 [2d]
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- AI could be the end of the digital wave, not the next big thing [2d]
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- I went to America's worst national parks so you don't have to [2d]
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- The hottest college major [Computer Science] hit a wall. What happened? [2d]
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- Servo is now available on crates.io [2d]
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- Michigan 'digital age' bills pulled after privacy concerns raised [2d]
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- Android now stops you sharing your location in photos [2d]
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- Struggling to heat your home? How about 500 Raspberry Pi units? [2d]
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- Point Cloud Allemansrätten [2d]
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- Show HN: I built a social media management tool in 3 weeks with Claude and Codex [2d]
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- Caffeine, cocaine, and painkillers detected in sharks from The Bahamas [2d]
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- Opus 4.6 hallucinates twice as more today than when it released [2d]
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- Programming Used to Be Free [2d]
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- The AI Layoff Trap [2d]
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- The Economics of Software Teams: Why Most Engineering Orgs Are Flying Blind [2d]
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- X Randomly Banning Users for "Inauthentic Behavior" [2d]
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- A Canonical Generalization of OBDD [2d]
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- Kindle users in uproar re: latest update, old devices now unusable: 'Fuck You ' [2d]
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- Haunt, the 70s text adventure game, is now playable on a website [2d]
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- Apple's accidental moat: How the "AI Loser" may end up winning [2d]
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- All elementary functions from a single binary operator [2d]
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- State of Homelab 2026 [2d]
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- Oracle expands its partnership with fuel cell maker Bloom to procure up to 2.8 GW of capacity, after receiving a warrant to purchase $400M of Bloom stock (Jordan Novet/CNBC) [1d]
- Daniel Moreno-Gama, a 20-year-old Texas man accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman's home, is charged with attempted murder and attempted arson (Hadas Gold/CNN) [1d]
- Sources: data labeling startup Handshake's gross annualized revenue hit ~$1B, vs. $550M in January; Mercor hit a $1B+ gross annualized revenue pace this year (The Information) [1d]
- AI penetration testing company CodeWall says its agent was able to hack into one of Bain's internal AI tools, following a similar hack at McKinsey (Ellesheva Kissin/Financial Times) [1d]
- Roblox says developers will need Roblox Plus, a new $4.99-per-month subscription offering benefits like discounts, to publish games for Kids and Select accounts (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch) [1d]
- Microsoft raises prices for Surface PCs, with Laptop 7 and Pro 11 now $500 more expensive than at their 2024 launch, citing higher memory and component costs (Zac Bowden/Windows Central) [2d]
- Filing: Anthropic hired Ballard Partners, a lobbying firm with strong ties to Trump administration, days after DOD designated the company a supply chain risk (Bloomberg) [2d]
- Anthropic says its $20M donation to Public First Action can't be "used to influence federal elections" and is to educate the public on AI policy (Veronica Irwin/Transformer) [2d]
- Internal memo: Microsoft's gaming chief Asha Sharma says "Game Pass has become too expensive for players" and that Microsoft needs "a better value equation" (Tom Warren/The Verge) [2d]
- Amazon Leo unveils the Aviation Antenna, saying it can deliver up to 1 Gbps download and 400 Mbps upload speeds for in-flight Wi-Fi (Michael Kan/PCMag) [2d]
- Memo: OpenAI Chief Revenue Officer Denise Dresser says Anthropic is "grossing up rev share with Amazon and Google" and overstating its "run rate by roughly $8B" (Hayden Field/The Verge) [2d]
- Shares of Dell and HP jump after a report said Nvidia "has been in negotiations for over a year to buy a large company and it will reshape the PC landscape" (Dina Bass/Bloomberg) [2d]
- Intel added $100B+ in market value after its stock soared 53% in nine sessions following announcements to repurchase an Ireland fab and join the Terafab project (Bloomberg) [2d]
- Cybersecurity analysis: Claude Mythos Preview had a 73% success rate on expert-level capture-the-flag challenges, which no model could finish before April 2025 (AI Security Institute) [2d]
- Stanford HAI 2026 AI Index Report: AI capability is accelerating, not plateauing, the US-China gap closed, the US leads in data centers and investment, and more (Stanford HAI) [2d]
- The EU appoints Anthony Whelan as its top competition official; Whelan says he will press ahead with Big Tech investigations despite President Trump's pressure (Barbara Moens/Financial Times) [2d]
- Microsoft says it is "exploring the potential of technologies like OpenClaw in an enterprise context", including a team of always-on agents within Microsoft 365 (Aaron Holmes/The Information) [2d]
- Internal memo: OpenAI Chief Revenue Officer Denise Dresser says the Microsoft deal "limited our ability" to reach clients on Bedrock and touts its Amazon deal (Ashley Capoot/CNBC) [2d]
- Roblox unveils Kids accounts for users aged 5-8 and Select accounts for ages 9-15, with age verification, rolling out in June; games for both must pass a review (Jay Peters/The Verge) [2d]
- Originality AI: 23 major news websites and Reddit block the Internet Archive's crawler; journalists and advocacy groups sign a letter supporting the Archive (Kate Knibbs/Wired) [2d]
- Amazon quietly expands Amazon Autos to offer cars from Kia, Mazda, Subaru, Chevrolet, and Jeep, after launching with Hyundai; the service is in 130+ US cities (Sean McLain/Wall Street Journal) [2d]
- Rockstar confirms "a limited amount of non-material company information was accessed in connection with a third-party data breach"; ShinyHunters demand a ransom (Zack Zwiezen/Kotaku) [2d]
- A verified @elonmusk TikTok account posted its first video, promoting SpaceX and Tesla and hitting 2M+ views; a verified Instagram account is yet to post (Ryan Mac/New York Times) [2d]
- OpenAI plans to open its first permanent London office with a 500+ staff capacity; in February, OpenAI said it would make London its largest non-US research hub (Kai Nicol-Schwarz/CNBC) [2d]
- The Trump family's World Liberty Financial faces an investor revolt; Justin Sun accuses WLFI of building a "backdoor" that could be used to blacklist investors (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg) [2d]
- For the first time, 50% of employed US adults say they use AI at work a few times per year or more; leaders are more likely to see AI's impact as positive (Andy Kemp/Gallup) [2d]
- A profile of the Biological Computing Company, which uses living neurons to build AI chips and algorithms, and emerged from stealth in February with a $25M seed (Nat Rubio-Licht/The Deep View) [2d]
- Law firms say lawyers are spending more time responding to swaths of AI-generated client documents, potentially leading firms to raise fixed-fee contract prices (Elizabeth Bratton/Financial Times) [2d]
- Sources: SoftBank, Sony, Honda, and six other Japanese companies launch a new AI company to develop a 1T-parameter foundation model for "physical AI" by 2030 (Natsuki Yamamoto/Nikkei Asia) [2d]
- Sources: Meta is building photorealistic, AI-powered 3D characters; Zuckerberg helped train and test an AI version of himself that offers feedback to employees (Financial Times) [2d]
- Analysis: US state lawmakers introduced 12 data center moratorium bills in 2026, 11 stalled or voted out, with a Maine bill set for a final vote on April 15 (Ellen Thomas/Business Insider) [2d]
- Ornn Compute Price Index: Nvidia Blackwell GPU hourly rent hit $4.08, up 48% from $2.75 two months ago, driven by agentic AI demand (Wall Street Journal) [2d]
- Shenzhen-listed server PCB maker Victory Giant plans an April 21 Hong Kong listing, aiming to raise as much as $2.2B; the company was valued at $37B on April 10 (Bloomberg) [2d]
- Sources: the US FTC is in settlement talks with ad companies to end an antitrust probe into their alleged coordinated boycotts against sites like Elon Musk's X (Suzanne Vranica/Wall Street Journal) [2d]
- Sources: the US' AI chip export push risks being undermined by licensing bottlenecks, staff attrition, and unclear policy at the Bureau of Industry and Security (Maggie Eastland/Bloomberg) [2d]
- Anthropic debuts Claude for Word in beta, which adds AI editing tools and clickable citations, targeting document-heavy workflows, for Team and Enterprise users (Tristan Anthony/Business Insider) [2d]
- 'A secret agreement': Microsoft urges judge to throw out claims it colluded with OpenAI to boost ChatGPT prices — could this be the needle to pop the AI bubble? [1d]
- Quordle hints and answers for Tuesday, April 14 (game #1541) [1d]
- NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, April 14 (game #1038) [1d]
- NYT Strands hints and answers for Tuesday, April 14 (game #772) [1d]
- Exit 8 director Genki Kawamura on why he adapted the indie horror game into a movie: 'It reminded me of purgatory' [1d]
- Forget Dr Doolittle, study finds animals might not only want to use tech, but they also want to talk to us with it — and it could be 'incredibly powerful for the future of conservation' [1d]
- I'm now 160 hours into Crimson Desert, and I've still not covered half of its map — and that's exactly why it's so good [1d]
- 'That felt wrong': Dev uses Claude to expose why a popular No-Code platform wants to read “all your prompts” [2d]
- 'Accuracy over volume': Here's why high-value pros are using AI to work slower, not faster [2d]
- I’m a smart glasses expert — and Apple’s rumored Meta Ray-Bans rivals could tempt me to switch thanks to one key strength [2d]
- 'Building gigawatt data centers in the US is becoming increasingly difficult': Why Orbital is taking AI infrastructure into space to solve power and cooling issues [2d]
- The kings of ANC headphones from Bose hit their Black Friday price of $199 [2d]
- Score best-selling running shoes on a budget at Amazon — save up to 40% from Nike, Hoka, Brooks, and more [2d]
- Russia launched a covert operation to deploy undersea sabotage vessels in UK waters while the world was distracted by the Middle East - UK threatens Putin with ‘serious consequences’ if subversion continues [2d]
- George Méliès tried to warn us about an AI robot uprising 130 years ago, and I'm not surprised [2d]
- 'Industrial-scale scam operations': Global criminal organization operated slave compounds in Asia behind huge malware-as-a-service hydra targeting 35+ government agencies monthly [2d]
- 'The decision is deeply troubling': Tesla gets a green light for Full Self-Driving in Europe — but not everyone is happy about it [2d]
- An ex-programmer’s devastating take on AI data centers is going viral — and it’s hard to ignore [2d]
- The Revamp Tri-Care is heavy and awkward, but I can't fault how well it dries and protects my hair [2d]
- I spent a week with the budget-friendly Creative Pebble Pro and was impressed by its solid sound and petite form factor [2d]
- Fitbit's new screenless Whoop-style tracker is a better fit for the brand than a smartwatch — it's a return to the 'almost invisible' pedometer of 2008 [2d]
- OpenAI flags third-party data issue — all macOS users should update now [2d]
- 'The LG C5 is a superb all-purpose TV that offers excellent performance and value' — and now the 77-inch model has an astonishing $1,700 discount [2d]
- Man Utd vs Leeds Live Streams: How to watch Premier League 2025/26 from anywhere in the world [2d]
- What is the release date for Invincible season 4 episode 7 on Prime Video? [2d]
- Microsoft says Copilot is for ‘entertainment' not work, Meta’s Muse Spark and 7 other AI stories you need to catch up on [2d]
- It's time to upgrade — I've found 22 deals at Best Buy that save you up to $1,000 on TVs, laptops, and more [2d]
- The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping trailer reminds me even more of the most deranged horror movie of the 20th century [2d]
- Linux rules on using AI-generated code - Copilot is OK, but humans must take 'full responsibility for the contribution' [2d]
- The Lenovo Legion Go 2 handheld costs more than two Nvidia RTX 5080 GPUs — and that's genuinely absurd [2d]
- Secretlab is launching its first Diablo desk, with a design that 'traces the infernal history' of the series [2d]
- Pragmata’s blend of puzzles and combat makes for some of the best space action I’ve ever experienced [2d]
- 'Building the Superdome, a 15-fan PC side panel': YouTuber makes giant fan that looks amazing — and drops temperature by 20C [2d]
- No, you don't need a new turntable this Record Store Day, just use this cheap extra to clean your vinyl [2d]
- Hackers use Claude and ChatGPT in 'a significant evolution in offensive capability' to breach government agencies, leak hundreds of millions of citizen records [2d]
- Proton VPN promises better stability for Linux users with latest app update [2d]
- New BBC series Mint releases crushing trailer for 'unconventional' crime drama — and I've never been more sat [2d]
- More LG OLED TV users are experiencing power cycling issues caused by bright flashes — and it's not just older models [2d]
- Telegram CEO urges Russians to 'stock up' on VPNs as the platform gets an anti-censorship boost [2d]
- Surfshark just dropped its best deal of the year — plans start from less than $50 for 28 months protection [2d]
- No, cracked versions of Resident Evil Requiem aren't performing better than the official game — but there are still issues with DRM [2d]
- ‘You’re effed’: Palantir CEO says AI ‘will destroy humanities jobs’ – but Gen Z workers are apparently deliberately sabotaging AI rollouts in an effort to fight back [2d]
- What is the release date for Daredevil: Born Again season 2 episode 5 on Disney+? [2d]
- Google Pixel voicemail finally lets you record custom greetings in a new beta [2d]
- Tap to Share will soon bring some AirDrop-like features to Android, and it’s just been shown off [2d]
- Netflix is about to lose 'one of the most fantastic crime-thrillers of modern times' — and fans of Jo Nesbo's Detective Hole need to stream it ASAP [2d]
- ‘Going too far without user consent’: Mozilla blasts Microsoft’s AI creep as user backlash forces Copilot to be scaled back [2d]
- 'This is not your typical run-of-the-mill malware': CPUID download page hacked and tools replaced with links to malicious files [2d]
- Grand Theft Auto 5 voice actor says GTA 6's humor might not make 'the same splash' in today's 'far fetched and insane' world [2d]
- Forget the MacBook Neo — this record-low price on the new MacBook Air 13 M5 could be the better value buy [2d]
- Anthropic is bringing Claude's AI power to Microsoft Word [2d]
- The Oppo Find X9 Ultra is inspired by my favorite Hasselblad camera — and I think it's the most beautiful phone of 2026 so far [2d]
- The iOS 26.4 update left one unfortunate user locked out of his iPhone — and the reason is so obscure you'll never guess it [2d]
- How businesses can turn AI pilots into scalable solutions [2d]
- AI can transform customer experiences – when it lives up to its promise [2d]
- 'Regain control of our digital destiny': France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech [2d]
- How the memory crisis is strangling the UK's data center boom [2d]
- Want to pause Windows 11 updates for as long as you want? Your wish could soon come true [2d]
- ‘No Decision’ is the new breach: Why inaction is becoming a career risk for CISOs in 2026 [2d]
- I reviewed a soundbar designed to boost dialog for the hard of hearing, and the results impressed me [2d]
- What is the release date for The Boys season 5 episode 3 on Prime Video? [2d]
- What is the release date for The Pitt season 2 episode 15 on HBO Max? [2d]
- 'That shouldn’t translate into investing in AI blindly, without a clear strategy': Experts warn UK firms want to keep spending big on AI - even if they can't prove it makes a difference [2d]
- How AI is rewriting the ERP investment playbook [2d]
- Rockstar confirms major third-party data breach: GTA VI maker says 'no impact on our organization or our players' [2d]
- How to deploy physical AI effectively [2d]
- Meet Dausos, Surfshark's 'paradise' VPN protocol that seeks to raise the bar for speed and security [2d]
- Exit 8 review — you'll never look at subway tunnels the same way after watching this tense horror movie [2d]
- I've stopped overspending on tech — you can too with these 18 items under AU$100 [2d]
- Gemini Can Now Generate Interactive Images Directly in the Chat [1d]
- Microsoft Plans to Bring Copilot Into the Agentic AI Age [1d]
- Disappearing Macs? Global RAM Supply Crisis Likely Hits Apple [1d]
- 'Daredevil: Born Again' Season 2: When to Stream Episode 5 on Disney Plus [1d]
- The Feds Took Down a 'Full-Service Cybercrime Platform' Behind $20M in Phishing [2d]
- Anthropic's AI Assistant Claude Is Now Available in Microsoft Word [2d]
- Grand Theft Data: Hackers Demand Ransom Payment From Rockstar Games [2d]
- Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for April 14, #1038 [2d]
- Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for April 14, #1760 [2d]
- Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for April 14 #772 [2d]
- We're Tracking Streaming Price Hikes in 2026: Netflix, Spotify, YouTube and Others [2d]
- If You Can't Finish Your Income Taxes by Wednesday, You Need to File a Free Extension [2d]
- Roblox Will Roll Out Age-Based Accounts Amid Child-Safety Push [2d]
- Whoop 5.0 Review: A Fitness Tracker Focused on Performance and Longevity [2d]
- We Want to Hear From You. Help Us Crown the Most Loved Headphones and Earbuds of 2026 [2d]
- Repair or Replace a Broken Small Appliance? Here's What Professionals Say [2d]
- Pragmata Review: A Streamlined, Satisfying Follow-Up to Resident Evil Requiem [2d]
- The Sneaky Way AT&T Is Hiking Rates on Legacy Customers This Month [2d]
- Throw Away That Bag: The Roaster-Approved Secret for Perfect Coffee [2d]
- I Ran 30 Miles and THIS Is the Most Accurate Smartwatch video [2d]
- Do Not Disturb vs. Silent Mode on iPhone: Here's the Difference [2d]
- We Do the Math: How Much You Save With Self-Install Home Security vs. a Professional Visit [2d]
- How to Be an AI Detective: Tips for Spotting Bot-Generated Text [2d]
- I Love My Wife, but I'm Not Sharing AirPods With Her Again Thanks to This iPhone Trick [2d]
- Surfshark Just Dropped a Next-Gen VPN Protocol That Could Be Faster and More Secure Than Other VPN Connections [2d]
- Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for April 13, #567 [2d]
- Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Monday, April 13 [2d]
- This little-known token just posted a 6,000% rally — and traders are trying to figure out why [2d]
- Bitcoin erases weekend decline, returns to $73,400 as oil retreats back under $100 [2d]
- Coinbase VP of international policy leaves for OpenAI [2d]
- Crypto wallet firm Exodus sues W3C and its CEO Garth Howat, seeking to compel $175M acquisition [2d]
- White House crypto adviser Witt says other Clarity Act hurdles being cleared [2d]
- U.S. SEC says software allowing crypto wallet transactions not considered broker [2d]
- Crypto exchange Kraken targeted in extortion attempt but says there was no breach and no client funds at risk [2d]
- Circle CEO says he won’t freeze USDC without a court order even as hackers walk away with millions [2d]
- Bankers rebuff White House claim that stablecoin yield doesn't threaten deposits [2d]
- Bitcoin moves off lowest level as worst of weekend fears slip away [2d]
- ClearBank secures MiCA approval, targets Circle euro, dollar stablecoins for institutional clients [2d]
- Nearly $120 million of XRP just moved to Coinbase in whale transaction [2d]
- Bitmine's Tom Lee calls ether 'the wartime store of value' as holdings hit 4.87 million tokens [2d]
- CoinDesk 20 performance update: index falls 2.9% as all constituents trade lower [2d]
- Foundry unveils Zcash block explorer as mining pool reaches 30% of hashrate [2d]
- WLFI mints $25 million in fresh USD1 and burns $3 million, days after repayment claim [2d]
- Michael Saylor's Strategy added 13,927 bitcoin for $1 billion [2d]
- AI agents are set to power crypto payments, but a hidden flaw could expose wallets [2d]
- Bitcoin anchors near $70,000 as RAVE's 3,400% surge signals speculative froth [2d]
- Crypto markets stall as oil surges past $100 on Strait of Hormuz blockade [2d]
- Bank of Korea calls for stock-style circuit breakers on BTC exchanges [2d]
- The one metric investors are overlooking in Michael Saylor’s Strategy [2d]
- StarkWare cuts jobs in reorganization as Starknet revenue plunges 99% from peak [2d]
- Clarity Act returns to U.S. Senate, Bank earnings: Crypto Week Ahead [2d]
- Bitcoin hit by $20 million-an-hour selling pressure above $70,000 [2d]
- Attacker mints $1 billion Polkadot tokens on Ethereum, ends up stealing just $250,000 [2d]
- Alameda moves $16 million in Solana's SOL token for possible creditor distribution [2d]
- Aave passes landmark vote ending months-long fight over protocol revenue control [2d]
- ‘See you in court’: WLFI threatens Justin Sun after he accuses project of deceptive DeFi dealings [2d]
- Bitcoin hits a wall – the chart just challenged the $88,000 bull case [2d]
- Strategy signals another bitcoin buy as company needs just 2% annual BTC growth to cover dividends [2d]
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