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Netflix delays Greta Gerwig’s ‘Narnia’ movie for big theatrical push in 2027
"The Magician's Nephew" looks like a big next step in Netflix's thawing relationship with movie theaters.
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AI-generated actors and scripts are now ineligible for Oscars
Bad news for Tilly Norwood.
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Logitech G G512 X Review: The Tasting Menu of a Pro Gaming Keyboard
Logitech’s non-'pro' keyboard is the first switch hitter of the analog switch era.
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What if Dark Matter Doesn’t Actually Exist?
A good chunk of cosmology is riding on whether dark matter exists or not. But what makes us so certain that dark matter is the answer—and what if we're wrong?
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This tiny, magnetic e-reader could stop you from doomscrolling
The Xteink X3 is a delightfully tiny, MagSafe-compatible e-ink reader that attaches to the back of your phone like a Pop Socket.
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TechCrunch Mobility: How do you issue a ticket to a robotaxi?
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.
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Psychology says the people who thrive in high-pressure environments aren’t the most resilient — they’ve just built better systems for knowing when to stop
The most successful people under pressure have discovered what psychology confirms: knowing exactly when to stop pushing isn't weakness — it's the sophisticated system that separates those who burn out from those who sustain peak performance for decades.
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I stopped offering my opinion in family group chats six months ago, no commentary, no reactions, no jumping in to smooth things over, just to see who would notice my absence, and the silence taught me something I had been working hard not to know for about twenty years
I went silent in my family group chat for six months as a quiet experiment. Two people out of fourteen noticed. Here's what the silence revealed about the difference between being needed and being known.
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Anthropic in early talks to secure custom AI chips from Fractile: Report
Anthropic is reportedly in early discussions with UK-based semiconductor startup Fractile to… Content originally published on The Tech Portal - Global technology news, latest gadget news and breaking tech news.
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People who can’t stop offering to help carry things, refill drinks, or load the dishwasher at someone else’s house aren’t well-raised, they grew up in homes where being useful was the price of being welcome
Compulsive helpfulness at other people's homes often gets read as good manners. The pattern underneath is usually something else: a childhood lesson that welcome was contingent on being useful, automated decades later in someone else's kitchen.
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I’m 37 and I was raised in a house with almost no affection, and the hardest part isn’t missing it, it’s that I still don’t know how to receive it now that it’s finally being offered
Despite decades of studying psychology and mindfulness, nothing prepared me for moments when people reach for a hug and my body's first instinct is to freeze—not from lack of love, but because at 37, I'm still learning the language of physical affection that most people master in…
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I noticed I have been saying I am tired for ten years when the more accurate word is unwitnessed, and tired was just the version of the truth that nobody would follow up on
After a decade of defaulting to the word 'tired,' I realised it was never the truth — just the version of the truth nobody would follow up on. On emotional labour, the cost of vague vocabulary, and the word I was actually looking for.
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Matching Transistors
Transistors in some circuit configurations work together and, frequently, need to be matched. This is so common that you can sometimes find ICs that are just a pair of transistors …read more
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A Tool For Testing CANopen Networks
If you find yourself working with CANopen CC networks, you might find yourself in need of a tool for monitoring what’s happening on the wire. [Michael Fitzmayer] whipped up a …read more
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A couple million lines of Haskell: Production engineering at Mercury
Article URL: https://blog.haskell.org/a-couple-million-lines-of-haskell/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47991802 Points: 346 # Comments: 165
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Photographing The ISS With A Thrift Store Lens Is Challenging
There are plenty of photos of the International Space Station out there on the Internet, but taking your own from ground level is a special challenge. [saveitforparts] recently decided to …read more
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Maryland to ban A.I.-driven price increases in grocery stores
Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/business/surveillance-pricing-groceries-maryland.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47992349 Points: 207 # Comments: 203
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Building a C-3PO You Can Really Talk To
C-3PO is one of the more famous movie robots out there. However, we don’t see a lot of replicas built, perhaps because in speech and mannerisms, he’s quite hard to …read more
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Kimi K2.6 just beat Claude, GPT-5.5, and Gemini in a coding challenge
Article URL: https://thinkpol.ca/2026/04/30/an-open-weights-chinese-model-just-beat-claude-gpt-5-5-and-gemini-in-a-programming-challenge/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47993235 Points: 333 # Comments: 194
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Specsmaxxing – On overcoming AI psychosis, and why I write specs in YAML
Article URL: https://acai.sh/blog/specsmaxxing Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47994012 Points: 210 # Comments: 229
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EP213: MCP vs Skills, Clearly Explained
Both MCP and Skills extend what an agent can do. But they solve different problems, and picking the wrong one adds cost or complexity you don't need.
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