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Submit Your Questions: Inside The World of Online Romance Scams

The Yahoo Boys author Carlos Barragán will join Kate Knibbs to answer your questions about Nigeria's romance scammers.

Jul 5, 2026

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Giant trees have no trouble pumping water to top branches: new research

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Jul 5, 2026

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Hey number pad lovers, this is a keyboard we can finally agree on

I know a vocal group of people who swear by the number pad on their keyboard. And yet, for years I haven't cared about…

Jul 5, 2026

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SearXNG: A free internet metasearch engine

Article URL: https://github.com/searxng/searxng Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48779454 Points: 234…

Jul 4, 2026

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The square-ish phone that I wanted to love

The Ikko MindOne Pro is delightfully small. I keep calling it a square phone, which isn't quite right; the screen is…

Jul 4, 2026

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A martian rock has lots of carbon on it, and it's not clear why

Biology could explain the find, but there are other potential explanations.

Jul 4, 2026

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When the ability to smell goes away

Disturbances in this critical sense are often linked to problems with brain health.

Jul 4, 2026

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The fanfiction community is at war with AI — and itself

Over the past week, a new fanworks movement has kicked off, with the aim to root out authors using generative AI. But…

Jul 4, 2026

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Performance per dollar is getting faster and cheaper

Article URL: https://www.wafer.ai/blog/glm52-amd Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48780417 Points:…

Jul 4, 2026

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Leanstral 1.5: Proof abundance for all

Article URL: https://mistral.ai/news/leanstral-1-5/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48780801 Points:…

Jul 4, 2026

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The bottleneck might be the air in the room

Article URL: https://blog.mikebowler.ca/2026/07/03/co2-and-decision-making/ Comments URL:…

Jul 4, 2026

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This Buried Apple Feature Turns an iPhone Into the Perfect Kids’ Dumb Phone

Apple built a tool for people with cognitive disabilities, but I accidentally discovered it’s also the best kids’ phone…

Jul 4, 2026

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Where NASA Posts Its Best Space Photos, and How to Find Them

Explore decades of incredible images and videos of stars, planets, moons, and galaxies—most of which are free to use…

Jul 4, 2026

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Food Preservatives May Increase the Risk of High Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Disease

Aa large-scale study demonstrates that preservatives widely used in everyday processed foods may exacerbate common…

Jul 4, 2026

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Security Roundup: Apple’s Hide My Email Service Fails to Hide Your Email

Plus: Alleged Scattered Spider hacking member extradited, dozens of license plate reader errors, and Indian officials…

Jul 4, 2026

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Scientists Have Identified a New Fossil Species of Axolotl in Mexico

Ambystoma quetzalcoatli is the first fossil salamander to be formally identified in Mexico, revealing that axolotls…

Jul 4, 2026

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The Best Fourth of July Mattress Sales on Beds We Actually Sleep On (2026)

From cooling hybrids to organic latex beds, these are the mattresses WIRED reviewers actually sleep on and recommend.

Jul 4, 2026

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Factories are just rooms

Article URL: https://interconnected.org/home/2026/07/03/factories Comments URL:…

Jul 4, 2026

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Qi fan fan

Despite my initial skepticism, I'm now sold on wireless Qi chargers that add integrated fans to keep your phone cool…

Jul 4, 2026

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Zuckerberg 'Admits' Meta's Layoffs Were Ineffective

Article URL: https://eshumarneedi.com/2026/07/03/zuckerberg-admits-metas-layoffs-were.html Comments URL:…

Jul 4, 2026

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60% Fable cost cut by converting code to images and having the model OCR it

Article URL: https://github.com/teamchong/pxpipe Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48776464 Points:…

Jul 4, 2026

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Espionage Against the European Parliament

Article URL: https://citizenlab.ca/research/member-of-committee-investigating-spyware-hacked-with-pegasus/ Comments…

Jul 4, 2026

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Jamesob's guide to running SOTA LLMs locally

Article URL: https://github.com/jamesob/local-llm Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48775921 Points:…

Jul 4, 2026

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Costco is the anti-Amazon

Article URL: https://phenomenalworld.org/analysis/the-anti-amazon/ Comments URL:…

Jul 4, 2026