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Distinctive mini Macs are flooding eBay amid AI-triggered shortages

Distinctive mini Macs are flooding eBay amid AI-triggered shortages

✨ Read this trending post from TechCrunch πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: AI,Hardware,Apple,local AI,mac mini,Mac Studio,openclaw βœ… **What You’ll Learn**: Small, expensive Macs have been flooding eBay amid a shortage of sold devices, which have become a go-to tool for running on-device AI models like OpenClaw. Reports this week indicated that the $599 base model M4 Mac mini with 16GB of RAM and 256GB of storage was sold out on Apple's retail site, with no options for delivery or in-store pickup. The shortage has since extended to other configurations of the base model, regardless of the amount of memory specified. Some outlets…
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Why I Cancelled Claude: Token Issues, Declining Quality, and Poor Support

Why I Cancelled Claude: Token Issues, Declining Quality, and Poor Support

πŸ’₯ Read this awesome post from Hacker News πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: πŸ’‘ **What You’ll Learn**: First enthusiasm A couple of weeks ago I subscribed to Claude Code, and during the first few weeks I had a really nice experience. It was fast, the token allowance was fair, and the quality was good. I learned they had raised the token allowance for non-rush hours , and since they opposed some governmental rules, it felt good to support the right cause. (γ₯ οΏ£ Β³οΏ£)γ₯ However… for about three weeks now my initial enthusiasm has been rapidly waning. Poor support It began with…
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Uber CTO Praveen Neppalli Naga joins StrictlyVC SF

Uber CTO Praveen Neppalli Naga joins StrictlyVC SF

πŸš€ Check out this insightful post from TechCrunch πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: Startups,Venture,AI,Fundraising,Uber,StrictlyVC,StrictlyVC San Francisco πŸ“Œ **What You’ll Learn**: a surprise! StrictlyVC San Franciscowhich kicks off this year's lineup of events for TechCrunch on April 30 at the Centro Cultural Center of the Philippines, gets a new addition to its increasingly stacked roster of speakers. Uber CTO Praveen Neppalli Naga will join us to discuss, you guessed it, working at scale in the age of AI. You'll need to act fast to get a ticketfor what will become a favorite event in the San Francisco startup scene next week. It's an…
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Linux 7.1 Removes Drivers For Long Obsolete Input Hardware: Bye Bus Mouse Support

Linux 7.1 Removes Drivers For Long Obsolete Input Hardware: Bye Bus Mouse Support

πŸ’₯ Explore this insightful post from Hacker News πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: βœ… **What You’ll Learn**: Beyond Linux looking to remove old drivers due to the surge of AI/LLM bug reports, the Linux 7.1 kernel is also removing some old hardware drivers simply on the basis of long obsolete hardware. The input subsystem saw several drivers removed this week for decades old hardware. With the input subsystem updates this week there is a new Charlieplex GPIO keypad driver, the aw86927 driver adding 86938 ASIC support, and the Chrome OS keyboard driver adding support for the Fn-key keymap extension. Beyond those additions,…
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Nuclear energy startup X-energy raises $1 billion in data center-based IPO

Nuclear energy startup X-energy raises $1 billion in data center-based IPO

πŸš€ Explore this insightful post from TechCrunch πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: Climate,Fundraising,Amazon,IPO,nuclear fission,nuclear power,X-Energy βœ… **What You’ll Learn**: Nuclear energy startup X-energy raised $1 billion in its initial public offering yesterday, selling 44.3 million shares for $23 per share, a huge premium over the price of $16 to $19 per share it was seeking. Initially, the company was hoping to raise about $800 million. The stock is expected to begin trading on Friday on the Nasdaq under the symbol XE. X-energy builds small modular reactors capable of generating electricity or delivering heat for industrial processes. The company has a deal with…
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On sabotaging projects by overthinking, scope creep, and structural diffing

On sabotaging projects by overthinking, scope creep, and structural diffing

πŸ”₯ Explore this must-read post from Hacker News πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: πŸ“Œ **What You’ll Learn**: Hi friends, I’ll be attending Babashka Conf on May 8 and Dutch Clojure Days on May 9. If you’re attending either (or just visiting Amsterdam), drop me a line! When I have an idea for a project, it tends to go in one of these two directions: I just do it. Maybe I make a few minor revisions, but often it turns out exactly how I’d imagined and I’m happy. I think, β€œI should look for prior art”. There’s a lot of prior art, dealing…
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Another spyware maker has been caught distributing fake Android hacking apps

Another spyware maker has been caught distributing fake Android hacking apps

πŸ’₯ Discover this trending post from TechCrunch πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: Security,cybersecurity,hackers,hacking,infosec,ips,Italy,privacy,Spyware,surveillance πŸ’‘ **What You’ll Learn**: Another government spyware maker has been arrested after its agents used fake Android apps to install its surveillance software on targets, according to a new report. On Thursday, Osservatorio Nessuno, an Italian digital rights organization that researches spyware, published a report on a new malware it calls Morpheus. The spyware, which is disguised as a phone update application, is capable of stealing a wide range of data from the intended target's device. The researchers' findings show that the demand for spyware by law enforcement and…
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Once more unto the breach

Once more unto the breach

✨ Check out this insightful post from Hacker News πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: πŸ’‘ **What You’ll Learn**: Look, I get it. Diet Coke tastes sweet because it has aspartame in it. Aspartame is a weird synthetic molecule that’s 200 times sweeter than sucrose. Half of the world’s aspartame is made by Ajinomoto of Tokyoβ€”the same company that first brought us MSG back in 1909. If you look on Wikipedia, you’ll see that aspartame is a methyl ester of the aspartic acid phenylalanine dipeptide, which isn’t, like, comforting. It’s normal to have a prior that aspartame might be bad for you. Certainly,…
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Dyson PencilVac (2026) review: Limited but helpful

Dyson PencilVac (2026) review: Limited but helpful

✨ Explore this awesome post from WIRED πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: Gear,Gear / Reviews,Gear / Products / Home,Hard Floor Hero πŸ’‘ **What You’ll Learn**: The vacuum connects to the Dyson app, where you'll find resources like how to empty the trash and wash the filter, but not much else. It can tell you how long your last cleaning session was, but there are no other details, so it's not as interesting or useful as the data you get from a robot vacuum.Thin facePhoto: Nina FarrellPhoto: Nina FarrellThe full name of this vacuum cleaner is the Dyson PencilVac Fluffycones, and it is…
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Stigma is a tax on every operational decision

πŸ’₯ Read this awesome post from Hacker News πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: βœ… **What You’ll Learn**: 8 March 2026 If you are planning to create an online casino or a copy of OnlyFans, you most likely want to get in quickly, make money fast, and get out. You are unlikely to stick with it for 10 years. Just as many criminals hope to pull off one last heist, earn a living, and never do it again. The idea of one last job sounds heroically romantic.Working on an 18+ project feels like being a rock star. You work with 18+ content, see…
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