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The ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ Movie Will Expand the Game, Not Adapt It
CD Projekt Red doesn't want adaptations to canonize the events of 'Cyberpunk 2077,' just keep building out the world.
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TikTok Permabans ‘Musk’ Film Account
TikTok cites its policy on political content.
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Apple TV Price History, Charted
Glenn Fleishman: I wondered what the entry-level, initial price of each Apple TV box at introduction was, from the March 2007 original to the Apple TV 4K (4th generation) announced October 13, 2026, adjusted for inflation. So I charted it. I suppose this doesn’t mean Apple has gi…
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‘We’ve Heard You’: Meta Tweaks Controversial Website-Scraping Terms Slightly
Still, it appears Meta will be gobbling up plenty of data.
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TikTok permanently bans ‘Musk’ documentary advertising account
A four-hour documentary about Elon Musk continues to meet resistance from social media platforms.
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★ HomeView Thoughts and Observations
I’ll start with a nomenclatural sidenote: Apple seems to be going with “Apple HomeView” as the product’s name. E.g., the URL slug for it on Apple.com is apple-homeview/, not just homeview/. Few people notice and no one who doesn’t work in Apple product marketing cares, but they a…
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MapQuest will now show you where Flock cameras are in your neighborhood
Article URL: https://www.engadget.com/2288729/mapquest-will-now-show-you-where-flock-cameras-are-in-your-neighborhood/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50129947 Points: 243 # Comments: 43
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Discovering SDRs Everywhere
To quote commenter [douyarou], “It’s like our little version of a Precambrian explosion”. A bunch of hackers have discovered, independently and building on each other’s work, software-defined radio (SDR) capabilities …read more
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OpenCode Hacked: User credentials leaked
Article URL: https://twitter.com/opencode/status/2111516673953935833 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50133401 Points: 529 # Comments: 91
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How to Design for Failures
In this article, we’ll look at the various strategies that can help developers deal with failures in their systems.
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2026 Retrocomputing Challenge: Oldputer Gives Old Eyes Relief with E-ink Display
Modern computers are towers of glass and metal with very few large deviations from one to another. Monitor A will go against B, except you can’t tell them apart unless …read more
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Making One Fender From Another
There’s a tendency among cherished brands to licence their name and logo onto all sorts of novelty items in order to make a quick buck. Joining this trend is the …read more
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DeepSeek: DeepSeek v4.1 Flash 1017
Article URL: https://openrouter.ai/deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50129121 Points: 511 # Comments: 5
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Solar surpasses nuclear power globally for first time
Article URL: https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/09/29/solar-surpasses-nuclear-power-globally-for-first-time/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50131256 Points: 417 # Comments: 242
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SolidCraft is Parametric, Automation-friendly CAD for Desktop and Browser
If you’re looking to try a new, open source 3D modeling CAD suite, especially one with automation-friendly interfaces, take a look at SolidCraft. It’s under development but there’s support for …read more
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