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Amazon will stop accepting new customers for Mechanical Turk
These may be the last days of Amazon’s Mechanical Turk.
techcrunch.com
Uber’s European expansion plans may have hit a speed bump
Back in February, Uber announced ambitious plans to launch in seven new European markets in 2026 — but now five of those launches are reportedly on hold.
techcrunch.com
‘Mob Psycho 100’ Crew Reflect on the Make‑or‑Break Journey of the Decade‑Defining Anime
For director Yuzuru Tachikawa and Mob and Reigen Japanese voice actors Setsuo Ito and Takahiro Sakurai, 'Mob Psycho 100' didn't start out as sure bet, but its resonance with fans all these years later made the anime's hard-fought battle to exist worth it.
gizmodo.com
‘E.T.’ Is Getting a Lego to Light Up Your Life
If you love aliens and the 80s, Lego has a new 'E.T.' set that combines the best of both worlds.
gizmodo.com
Grim New Details From the Life of the Plaintiff in Social Media’s ‘Big Tobacco’ Case
The anonymous social media addiction lawsuit plaintiff known as “K.G.M.” has stepped out of the shadows.
gizmodo.com
All the New Books and Manga Announced by Kodansha at Anime Expo 2026
There's a new 'Witch Hat Atelier' story collection to tide you over until the anime's second season.
gizmodo.com
International tech
Zeta Founder Bhavin Turakhia Launches Enterprise AI Startup Neo
Zeta founder Bhavin Turakhia has launched a new AI startup, Neo, with a personal investment of $30 Mn.  Announcing the…
inc42.com
The Atacama Desert in Chile has regions where no rainfall has ever been recorded in human history, yet a fog called camanchaca rolls in from the Pacific and feeds lichen colonies that exist nowhere else on Earth
In the hyperarid core of Chile's Atacama Desert, weather stations have gone decades without recording a single drop of rain — yet a Pacific fog called the camanchaca sustains lichen communities found nowhere else on Earth.
siliconcanals.com
Psychology says people who are known as the quiet one at work aren’t disengaged or unfriendly — they’re often the ones processing every conversation at a depth most people in the room haven’t noticed yet
Most workplaces have one: the person known as the quiet one. They sit through the meeting saying little, offer the occasional short remark, and let others fill the air. It is easy to read that silence as disengagement, aloofness, or simply not having much to add. The psychology o…
siliconcanals.com
The Grosvenor family started building Grosvenor Square in the 1720s but leased the houses instead of selling — 99 years at a time — so London’s priciest homes quietly return to the family that owns the ground beneath them
How the Grosvenor family used a 300-year-old leasehold trick to keep the ground beneath London's most expensive addresses — and got the houses back, one 99-year lease at a time.
siliconcanals.com
Navi Plans To File For IPO By Fiscal-End, In Talks For Equity Funding
Fintech major Navi is looking to file the DRHP for its initial public offering (IPO) by the March quarter of…
inc42.com
Next Bharat Ventures Launches ₹2,000 Cr Second Impact Fund
Japan-based Suzuki Motor’s Next Bharat Ventures has launched its second impact investment fund with a corpus of ₹2,000 Cr for…
inc42.com

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GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra will be in Codex
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Good Judgment Beats Good Prompts
2026.04 - "Judgement is the last human skill AI can't replace". Everyone is saying it. I am trying to understand it. I want you to get good at it. Let's get philosophical and practical.
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Extract Fumes in Midcentury Style With Nixie Tubes and Military Surplus
Nobody wants to breathe solder fumes; that’s a given. For most of us, an industrial-looking fan-and-filter made in China and picked up cheap feels like more than enough to keep …read more
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Starring the Computer
Article URL: https://www.starringthecomputer.com/computers.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48796093 Points: 224 # Comments: 50
starringthecomputer.com
Seeing Bacteria, Nanoprisms, and More with an Atomic Force Microscope
Unlike almost every other kind of microscope, atomic-force microscopes (AFMs) don’t use any kind of optical beam to image their subjects. Instead, they physically detect the subject’s surface with a …read more
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Article URL: https://iamwillwang.com/notes/has-not-been-viewed-much/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48799155 Points: 268 # Comments: 69
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The future of Flipper Zero development
Article URL: https://blog.flipper.net/future-of-flipper-zero-development/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48796552 Points: 312 # Comments: 129
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The Coolest Hat At The Hacker Camp
People in hotter parts of the world may permit themselves a grin at this, but Europeans have recently been suffering under an unseasonal June heatwave. Most of us have been …read more
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