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Birdfy’s solar-powered smart feeder is down to one of its best prices

Birdfy’s solar-powered smart feeder is down to one of its best prices

Birdfy has kicked off a midyear sale, taking up to 40 percent off a range of its smart bird feeders. One of the best deals is on Netvue’s Birdfy Feede…
Hardcore IndieWeb: Run your own website 100% independently for only $0.01/day

Hardcore IndieWeb: Run your own website 100% independently for only $0.01/day

Article URL: https://www.neatnik.net/hardcore-indieweb Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48962758 Points: 199 # Comments: 166…
Qwen 3.8 Max Preview

Qwen 3.8 Max Preview

Article URL: https://www.qwencloud.com/pricing/token-plan Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48966190 Points: 212 # Comments: 96…
US Marshals arrest the Tate brothers in Miami

US Marshals arrest the Tate brothers in Miami

The manosphere influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate were arrested Saturday in Miami by US Marshals in relation to new rape and sex trafficking charges …
The Clapper was a bad smart home gadget — and a viral sensation

The Clapper was a bad smart home gadget — and a viral sensation

Clap on. Clap off. Well, more like, Clap, pause for half a beat but no longer because otherwise it'll stop hearing you, clap again because you waited …
Codex Resets

Codex Resets

Article URL: https://codex-resets.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48963465 Points: 207 # Comments: 148…
Qwen3.8 is launching and going open-weight soon

Qwen3.8 is launching and going open-weight soon

Article URL: https://twitter.com/Alibaba_Qwen/status/2078759124914098291 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48966120 Points: 226 # Com…
As mosquito ranges expand, better monitoring is key to preventing disease

As mosquito ranges expand, better monitoring is key to preventing disease

Monitoring is expensive and labor intensive. But it helps public health officials stop outbreaks.…
The future of physical games is not looking great

The future of physical games is not looking great

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on video games and physical media, follow Ja…
Better and Cheaper Than IPTV

Better and Cheaper Than IPTV

Article URL: https://github.com/stupside/castor Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48964015 Points: 213 # Comments: 53…
The grueling, 630-mile road race where the only fuel is sunlight

The grueling, 630-mile road race where the only fuel is sunlight

On July 19th, dozens of teams of high school students will begin a five-day, 630-mile road race from Fort Worth to Fort Stockton in Texas. But this is…
How to Disable Music Videos in Spotify

How to Disable Music Videos in Spotify

A recent update made video playback the default for songs and podcasts with a visual component. If you just want to listen to music—and save your data…
AI Mania Is Eviscerating Global Decision-Making

AI Mania Is Eviscerating Global Decision-Making

Article URL: https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/ai-mania-is-eviscerating-global-decision-making/#fnref:3 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?…
The Search for Another Earth-Like Planet Just Took a Big Step Forward

The Search for Another Earth-Like Planet Just Took a Big Step Forward

Astronomers have discovered a rocky exoplanet that has an atmosphere and sits within the habitable zone of a solar system.…
FIFA’s World Cup Halftime Show Puts American-Style Spectacle on the World Stage

FIFA’s World Cup Halftime Show Puts American-Style Spectacle on the World Stage

Organizers want the show to be the most-viewed halftime show in history. Having Shakira, Justin Bieber, Coldplay, and BTS will surely help—but do socc…
Elixir-lang.org has a new design

Elixir-lang.org has a new design

Article URL: https://elixir-lang.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48959042 Points: 199 # Comments: 119…
Setting up your spare Mac for Claude Code to control, a step-by-step guide

Setting up your spare Mac for Claude Code to control, a step-by-step guide

Article URL: https://ykdojo.github.io/claude-controls-mac/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48959392 Points: 199 # Comments: 137…
Goodbye, and Thanks for All the Bikesheds

Goodbye, and Thanks for All the Bikesheds

Article URL: https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3818307 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48960155 Points: 198 # Comments: 202…
Transcribe.cpp

Transcribe.cpp

Article URL: https://workshop.cjpais.com/projects/transcribe-cpp Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48963879 Points: 216 # Comments: 3…
Fable 5 vs. GPT-5.6 Sol on an NP-Hard Problem: Does /goal help?

Fable 5 vs. GPT-5.6 Sol on an NP-Hard Problem: Does /goal help?

Article URL: https://charlesazam.com/blog/fable-5-gpt-5-6-sol-goal/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48956879 Points: 192 # Comments…
If You Build It, They Will Come

If You Build It, They Will Come

Article URL: https://www.benlandautaylor.com/p/if-you-build-it-they-will-come Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48959090 Points: 201 …
Gleam Is Now on Tangled

Gleam Is Now on Tangled

Article URL: https://tangled.org/gleam.run/gleam Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48959143 Points: 186 # Comments: 124…
The Kimi K3 Moment

The Kimi K3 Moment

Article URL: https://stephen.bochinski.dev/blog/2026/07/18/the-kimi-k3-moment/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48960218 Points: 203…
Dave Eggers told OpenAI staff that ChatGPT was ‘silencing an entire generation’

Dave Eggers told OpenAI staff that ChatGPT was ‘silencing an entire generation’

Last year, Sam Altman invited author Dave Eggers to give a talk to around 200 OpenAI staffers. The man has written countless novels, screenplays, piec…
EU ban on destruction of unsold clothes and shoes enters into application

EU ban on destruction of unsold clothes and shoes enters into application

Article URL: https://environment.ec.europa.eu/news/ban-destruction-unsold-clothes-and-shoes-enters-application-2026-07-17_en Comments URL: https://new…
Kimi: Threat or menace?

Kimi: Threat or menace?

Chinese company Moonshot AI released a new version of its Kimi model this week, prompting concern about "full AI communism."…
TP-Link Kasa cameras leaked home GPS via unauthenticated UDP for 6 years

TP-Link Kasa cameras leaked home GPS via unauthenticated UDP for 6 years

Article URL: https://github.com/BadChemical/IoT-Vulnerability-Research-Public/blob/main/TP-Link_Kasa_EC71/Kasa_EC71.md Comments URL: https://news.ycom…
Texas wins court order to suspend domain name for violating age-verification law

Texas wins court order to suspend domain name for violating age-verification law

Article URL: https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/attorney-general-ken-paxton-secures-landmark-legal-victory-lock-pornographic-website-d…
Google is open-sourcing its 3D emoji

Google is open-sourcing its 3D emoji

Now, if you want to, you can use Google's 3D emoji in your own creations. The company shared some details about how it went about designing the little…
Google might not kneecap the Pixel 11a with an old processor

Google might not kneecap the Pixel 11a with an old processor

Mystic Leaks suggests that the Pixel 11a will return to featuring a flagship-grade processor with the Tensor G6. Rather than the Tensor G5 found in th…