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I’m building a parallel internet, and it’s called The Thinnernet

I’m building a parallel internet, and it’s called The Thinnernet

💥 Explore this awesome post from Hacker News 📖 📂 **Category**: 📌 **What You’ll Learn**:                Since 2020, I've taken on a Steve Jobs alter-ego (on a very, very part time basis, and often for humor purposes). The first essay I wrote wasn't even related to hardware, or solar powered-conscious operating systems that began around the same time. It was actually about one of my former jobs, regarding Knowledge Bases. Using one every day, I thought there had to be a better way to integrate steps taken into a ticket management system, to show…
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Microsoft’s open source tools were hacked to steal AI developers’ passwords

Microsoft’s open source tools were hacked to steal AI developers’ passwords

✨ Read this insightful post from TechCrunch 📖 📂 **Category**: Security,Claude,cybersecurity,data breach,gemini,GitHub,Microsoft,open source 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Microsoft has cut off access to dozens of its open source projects hosted on GitHub, as it investigates how hackers apparently compromised the projects and injected password-stealing malware into their code. Many of the affected projects relate to Microsoft's Azure cloud service and other tools that developers use to program with AI development applications, such as Claude Code, the Gemini command line interface, and VS Code. According to security firm Cloudsmith and community malware analysis site OpenSourceMalware, who were among the first to…
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Why Are Cells Small?

Why Are Cells Small?

🔥 Check out this awesome post from Hacker News 📖 📂 **Category**: 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: A human body is built from 30 trillion cells — excluding microbes — that each arise from a lone, fertilized egg. These cells come in a multiplicity of shapes and sizes, with internal volumes spanning five orders of magnitude. The smallest human cell, a sperm, has a volume of just 30 µm³, whereas an oocyte has a volume of 4,000,000 µm³, making it the largest cell in the human body.1 What accounts for this huge range? A simplistic answer is that evolution has made…
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WWDC 2026: Everything announced on Siri AI, iOS 27, Apple Intelligence, and more

WWDC 2026: Everything announced on Siri AI, iOS 27, Apple Intelligence, and more

✨ Discover this insightful post from TechCrunch 📖 📂 **Category**: AI,Apple,siri,wwdc 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Apple's WWDC 2026 event kicked off this morning at 10 a.m. PT at Apple Park, kicking off a week full of anticipated announcements about Siri, iOS 27, Apple Intelligence, and more, along with developer events and demos. This year's event is particularly notable for several things. This marks CEO Tim Cook's last meeting with the company, after he announced that he would hand things over to senior vice president of hardware engineering John Ternos on September 1. It's expected to host Apple's attempt to give…
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TI-84 Plus OS — Reverse Engineering

🚀 Check out this insightful post from Hacker News 📖 📂 **Category**: 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Target: ti84plus.rom (1 MiB flash dump). OS self-identifies as 2.55MP. CPU: Zilog Z80 (16-bit address bus, 64 KiB logical space) with hardware flash/RAM paging. Ghidra project: ti84.gpr (rebuild: tools/build.sh). Confidence is flagged: [confirmed] = verified in disassembly/decompiler; [standard] = matches documented TI-83+/84+ architecture and is consistent with the disassembly; [hypothesis] = inferred, not yet verified. The TI-84+ is a Z80 machine that can only see 64 KiB at once, but has 1 MiB of flash and 128 KiB of RAM. It bridges that gap…
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Apple gives parents back control over their children’s iPhone use

Apple gives parents back control over their children’s iPhone use

🔥 Discover this must-read post from TechCrunch 📖 📂 **Category**: Apps,Social,TC,Apple,kids,parental controls,screen time,wwdc 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: At its Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple introduced a suite of tools designed to put parents back in control of how their kids use the iPhone. This includes features that let parents decide who a child can talk to, what apps they can use, whether they can visit certain websites, and access other tools to block inappropriate texts, manage screen time schedules, find age-appropriate app suggestions, and more. The redesigned version of Screen Time controls builds on technology Apple already offers, expanding its capabilities…
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Music Decoy – Stop launching the Music app whenever you press â–¶ Play

Music Decoy – Stop launching the Music app whenever you press â–¶ Play

🔥 Read this must-read post from Hacker News 📖 📂 **Category**: 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Configuration Since v1.1 you can configure Music Decoy to launch another app when the â–· Play button is pressed. To do that, run the following command in the Terminal (example for Spotify): defaults write com.lowtechguys.MusicDecoy mediaAppPath /Applications/Spotify.app To reset the configuration, run: defaults delete com.lowtechguys.MusicDecoy mediaAppPath When does Music launch itself? When you press the â–¶ Play key on your keyboard and there is no other app playing audio When a bluetooth headset connects and sends a play command When ending a call, which causes…
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The new update of NotebookLM will help you create source repository from chat

The new update of NotebookLM will help you create source repository from chat

🚀 Explore this must-read post from TechCrunch 📖 📂 **Category**: Apps,Google,notebooklm 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Google on Monday announced an update to its NotebookLM search tool, which includes new features and a switch to Gemini 3.5 as the default model. The company is also adding anti-gravity-powered programming skills to help users search and create different types of outputs. This is similar to Google adding programming bits to its search products to make them more engaging for questions and answers. Google said that with the latest update, you can start a conversation about a project using the application, and this will…
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Why are so many young people getting cancer? What researchers do and don’t know

Why are so many young people getting cancer? What researchers do and don’t know

💥 Read this must-read post from Hacker News 📖 📂 **Category**: 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: A woman receives chemotherapy.Credit: Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post/GettyResearchers around the world are grappling with a vexing problem: why are so many young people developing cancers once considered the purview of old age?The question was prominent at two of the world’s largest cancer meetings this year, and hypotheses abounded. Ultra-processed foods, obesity, microbial toxins and agricultural chemicals were all considered. But a clear answer remained elusive.Landmark cancer trial shows success against ‘undruggable’ cancer — raising hopes for future treatments“Multiple cancers are increasing in incidence globally among…
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How to apply to Startup Battlefield 2026, what you need before today’s deadline of June 8

How to apply to Startup Battlefield 2026, what you need before today’s deadline of June 8

✨ Explore this must-read post from TechCrunch 📖 📂 **Category**: Startups,Startup Battlefield,Startup Battlefield 200,TechCrunch Disrupt 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: I read thousands of Startup Battlefield apps every year. And every year, I see the same pattern: the founders who are at this stage are almost always the ones who almost never apply. They think they are too early. They think they need more traction. They think the software is for businesses further than they are now. So, here's what we're really looking for and how to make sure your app reflects it. The deadline for consideration was May 27, but…
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