Robot Sourcing Index (Page 73)

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Leaking YouTube creators' private videos

Article URL: https://javoriuski.com/post/youtube Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48786781 Points:…

Jul 5, 2026

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NASA launched an emergency mission to stop the Swift Observatory from crashing to Earth

The Swift Observatory was launched in 2004, but recent solar storms have pushed its orbit lower, and it's in danger of…

Jul 5, 2026

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I Wasn't Allowed Prompting ChatGPT During My Chalk Talk: This Is Discrimination (2025)

Article URL: https://inpreparation.substack.com/p/opinion-i-was-not-allowed-to-type Comments URL:…

Jul 5, 2026

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Odin, Wikipedia and engagement farming

Article URL: https://katamari64.se/posts/2026/odin-wikipedia/ Comments URL:…

Jul 5, 2026

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Explanation of everything you can see in htop/top on Linux

Article URL: https://peteris.rocks/blog/htop/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48784777 Points: 239 #…

Jul 5, 2026

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Review: Supergirl is not the disaster its low box office suggests

It’s a pretty good movie, but it needed to be a great movie to thrive in an oversaturated superhero market.

Jul 5, 2026

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Midjourney wants Hollywood studios to reveal the details of their AI usage

As part of an ongoing legal dispute with three Hollywood studios, Midjourney is seeking to compel those studios to…

Jul 5, 2026

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White House deletes thousands of web pages about energy conservation as heatwave slams US

The US Department of Energy reportedly deleted about 6,000 pages related to energy conservation as a historic heatwave…

Jul 5, 2026

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Alibaba reportedly bans employees from using Claude Code

Alibaba has reportedly classified Claude Code as high-risk software.

Jul 5, 2026

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Markets are competitive if and only if P != NP

Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.20415 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48776345 Points: 225 #…

Jul 5, 2026

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What is Mistral AI? Everything to know about the OpenAI competitor

Mistral AI, which offers some open source AI models, has raised significant funding since its creation in 2023, with…

Jul 5, 2026

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Matic’s robot vacuum is getting a $250 price hike in September

The Matic is our favorite robot vacuum by a pretty comfortable margin. If you’ve been thinking about buying one,…

Jul 5, 2026

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Please stop the AI confidence theater

Article URL: https://www.elenaverna.com/p/please-stop-the-ai-confidence-theater Comments URL:…

Jul 5, 2026

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Holes

Article URL: https://xkcd.com/3266/large/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48777832 Points: 231 #…

Jul 5, 2026

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Maybe you should learn something

Article URL: https://www.marginalia.nu/log/a_135_learn/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48782435…

Jul 5, 2026

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Flatbush Zombies’ Erick the Architect misses his BlackBerry keyboard

Erick the Architect is a founding member of, and the primary producer for, the legendary Flatbush Zombies. He's toured…

Jul 5, 2026

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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