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Yet Another Piece of AI-Pilled Speculative Fiction Has Gone Dangerously Viral

It's a trend that urgently needs to die.

Signal’s Meredith Whittaker wants you to remember that AI chatbots ‘are not your friends’

"These are not your friends. These are not conscious beings. These are not sentient interlocutors.”

‘Toy Story 5’ Almost Made Its Emotional Moment More Real

You're *shocked*, surely, but Pixar had an idea for how to make you cry even harder during 'Toy Story 5.'

TechCrunch Mobility: A new robotaxi scorecard shows China’s dominance

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.

Govee Outdoor Chromatic String Lights Review: A Colorful Way to (Kind of) Light Your Patio

Love sticking pretty lights in your patio? Govee’s lights are an easy, but very spendy way to do it.

Beyond Siri: Here are the practical AI features coming to your iPhone in iOS 27

Siri’s AI overhaul may have grabbed the headlines at WWDC, but some of Apple’s most useful AI features are arriving elsewhere in iOS 27.

International tech

Robot Revolution Brewing: Cainiao's ZeeBot Climbing Robots Transform Global Warehousing

Cainiao deploys 100+ ZeeBot climbing robots in European fulfillment center, claiming 3x floor efficiency and 2x labor productivity.

Unitree Robotics: Cost Dominance Meets AI Challenge in Humanoid Robot Race

Unitree has achieved profitability through aggressive cost engineering, but faces critical gaps in AI capabilities as competition intensifies.

NEET, Telegram Ban And The Edtech Void

The paper leaks, the cancellation and the rescheduling of the NEET-UG examination has thrown the lives of over 2.2 Mn…

Is the AI Token Subsidy War Ending? Structural Dynamics Reshape Pricing

Token subsidies are collapsing as Google threatens an 80% price cut, revealing the structural asymmetry between AI startups and tech giants.

WhatsApp adds ‘Animated Message Bubbles’ in latest iPhone Beta version

WhatsApp is reportedly testing a new animated message bubble experience for iPhone… Content originally published on The Tech Portal - Global technology news, latest gadget news and breaking tech news.

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Can Cult.fit Clear The Profitability Bar With Its Retail Push?

For years, Cult.fit’s playbook revolved around one thing: gym memberships. The fitness startup, founded in 2016 by former Flipkart executives…

How the New, Qatar-Gifted Air Force One Is Different From the Old Ones

Trump spoke of his need for a "plane that’s much newer and much better." Is it actually better?

Believe It: ‘Naruto’ Gets In On the Anime Trading Card Game Craze

For the first time in over a decade, 'Naruto' is going back to trading cards for an all-new competitive game.

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RICE and other confidence-based frameworks are mostly noise. Here's how to make decisions without pretending to know the unknowable.

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How to Bias a CRT After Installation

For most of us the abbreviation “CRT” brings to mind a monitor or TV. But at its core it’s about the special vacuum tube that makes the images appear. Regardless …read more

Hacking the Mi Band 10 Smart Band and its Bestechnic SoC

In between playing Doom on the most ergonomically challenged devices, [Aaron Christophel] likes to take a relaxing break with reverse-engineering Xiaomi Mi Band fitness trackers and writing custom firmware for them. …read more

Blender 5.2: Coming Soon With Improved Simulations

Blender is one of the poster children for Open Source Software– proof that something hacked together by enthusiasts could grow to rival the big boys in 3D modeling, animation and …read more

Autopsy of a Freshly Cooked 10Gbit SFP+ Network Adapter

With the advent of affordable 2.5 Gbit, 5 Gbit, and 10 Gbit consumer networking gear, more and more people are taking advantage of these higher networking speeds, with [This Does …read more

Your brain was never designed for this much bad news

Article URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/06/260614012006.htm Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48615569 Points: 270 # Comments: 241

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Bernoulli Disk Goes “Wii!” When Plugged Into WiiU

The Bernoulli disk was a wild piece of 1980s hardware. Take a big floppy. Spin the platter at 1500 RPM just a micron or so from a read head. The …read more

When I reject AI code even if it works

Article URL: https://vinibrasil.com/when-i-reject-ai-code-even-if-it-works/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48614631 Points: 208 # Comments: 145

Google Hits 50% IPv6

Article URL: https://blog.apnic.net/2026/04/28/google-hits-50-ipv6/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48616800 Points: 316 # Comments: 308