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Monthly Archives: December 2017

A D.J. Could Save Your Life Tonight

Posted on December 31, 2017 by HeyJK
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On New Year’s Eve, you’ll be dancing, one hopes. If you’re lucky you’ll be dancing to an honest-to-God disc jockey — not to someone’s Spotify playlist or the musings of the latest demi-celebrities to fancy themselves party conductors. A real D.J.
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Apple apologizes for battery slowdown

Posted on December 29, 2017 by HeyJK
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Apple released a statement on Thursday addressing the company’s controversial decision to slow down older phones to protect battery stability. “We know that some of you feel Apple has let you down. We apologize.
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Self-healing glass: a cracking discovery from Japan

Posted on December 28, 2017 by HeyJK
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A Japanese researcher has developed — by accident– a new type of glass that can be repaired simply by pressing it back together after it cracks.
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Future Apple Watch models could get EKG heart monitoring

Posted on December 22, 2017 by HeyJK
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We’ve already seen an EKG band for the Apple Watch, but now Apple is reportedly working on bringing the feature directly into its smartwatch, Bloomberg reports.
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The Can’t-Lose Way for Your Business to Pop: Add Bitcoin to Its Name

Posted on December 22, 2017 by HeyJK
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It’s clear that a business idea is hot when companies that have nothing to do with the idea get involved. It’s clear that the idea has turned into a mania when investors reward companies for doing this.
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REPORT: Kids in ‘Netflix Only’ Homes are Being Saved from 230 Hours of Commercials a Year

Posted on December 22, 2017 by HeyJK
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TV viewership has completely changed for children. While most families have watched plenty of television ever since its invention and mass adoption, the ways in which we consume entertainment continues to evolve.
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The Atlantic to Install Paywall, Joining Wave of Publishers Diversifying Revenue

Posted on December 21, 2017 by HeyJK
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Nearly 10 years ago, the Atlantic tore down its paywall in an effort to grow its digital audience. Next year, it’s putting it back up again.
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Hundreds ‘Rickrolled’ in Mysterious Campus Prank at Cornell

Posted on December 21, 2017 by HeyJK
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Did you hear that? For more than a week, students and staff in at least four campus buildings heard a five-second tune, but couldn’t pinpoint exactly where it was coming from.
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Navy Pilot Says UFO He Saw Off California Was ‘Not of This World’

Posted on December 19, 2017 by HeyJK
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A former Navy pilot has opened up about an otherworldly experience he says he experienced in 2004. His testimony comes just days after the Pentagon officially revealed the existence of a secret office investigating the existence of UFOs. Cmdr.
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10 years of professional blogging – what I’ve learned

Posted on December 19, 2017 by HeyJK
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Building your personal bat signal I want to cross-pollinate a tweetstorm on lessons I’ve learned from a decade of professional writing. In a way, it’s a followup to some more general life lessons from 10 years of living in the Bay Area.
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Artificial Sweeteners Stimulate Fat Growth, Harmful To Metabolism, Study Finds

Posted on December 13, 2017 by HeyJK
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WASHINGTON — Artificial sweeteners have an effect on the body’s metabolism and can lead to excessive fat accumulation in people, especially those who are already obese, according to a recent study.
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How ‘Rogue One’ Brought Back Familiar Faces

Posted on December 12, 2017 by HeyJK
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Making a new “Star Wars” movie can be like gaining access to a toy collection that has been amassed over four decades.
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Putting a price on Bitcoin

Posted on December 12, 2017 by HeyJK
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SCENE: A pet shop with a bored looking proprietor. A customer approaches CUSTOMER: I’d like to buy a parrot.
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Apple buys music-recognition app Shazam

Posted on December 12, 2017 by HeyJK
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For nearly 10 years, Shazam has been something of a one-trick pony. Its app has a single purpose: identify a song that’s playing and connect users to a service to download or stream it.
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You Will No Longer Lease a Car. You Will Subscribe to It.

Posted on December 2, 2017 by HeyJK
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A curious trend has taken hold of the automotive community. Until recently, your only options with vehicle ownership were to purchase the car outright or to lease it from a dealership. But in a growing number of metropolitan areas, a third option is emerging: car subscriptions.
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NASA fires Voyager 1 thrusters after decades-long sleep

Posted on December 1, 2017 by HeyJK
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Way out in interstellar space, humanity’s most distant messenger wanders through the universe. NASA’s Voyager 1 launched way back in 1977, but it’s still in touch with Earth. To help keep it in contact, NASA scientists just fired up a set of thrusters that have been dormant for 37 long years. 
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SpaceX Finally Reveals When It Will Launch its Long-Awaited Giant Rocket

Posted on December 1, 2017 by HeyJK
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Though it’s just about to wrap up its best year ever, SpaceX missed one glaringly large goal: the maiden launch of its Falcon Heavy. Now, the aerospace company seems to have pushed the big day yet again — but this time, it might actually happen.
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Greener Is Getting Going
Fusion Sparks an Energy Revolution
The AI-Fueled Future of Work Needs Humans More Than Ever
Social Media Is Getting Smaller—and More Treacherous
A Dangerous New Home for Online Extremism
A New Way to See Your Climate Anxiety
AI-Generated Fake News Is Coming to an Election Near You
Inequality Is a Health Risk—and It’s Getting Worse
To Keep Gen Z, Companies Need to Level Up
Big Tech Won’t Let You Leave. Here's a Way Out
eBay and Vestiaire Collective Want an Exemption from Trump’s Tariffs
Complaints About Tariff Evasion Have Jumped 160 Percent Under Trump
Companies Warn SEC That Mass Deportations Pose Serious Business Risk
The Definitive Story of Tesla Takedown
The Meta AI App Lets You ‘Discover’ People’s Bizarrely Personal Chats
Unpacking AI Agents
Congress Demands Answers on Data Privacy Ahead of 23andMe Sale
Inexpensive AI Agents Threaten Entry-Level Coding Jobs
Vibe Coding Is Coming for Engineering Jobs
How Steve Jobs Wrote the Greatest Commencement Speech Ever

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What is Blockchain: Everything You Need to Know (2022)
ProWritingAid VS Grammarly: Which Grammar Checker is Better in (2022) ?
Sellfy Review 2022: How Good Is This Ecommerce Platform?
Ahrefs vs SEMrush: Which SEO Tool Should You Use?
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Apple may look late to AI but it's aiming for something different
Apple's Back to School sale returns, but there are better deals
Adobe Firefly adds mobile app, new AI models & mood boards
Dygma Raise 2 review: A split keyboard with a too hefty price
Apple used iPhone parts to make a custom movie camera for 'F1'
Apple faces iCloud lawsuit after after judge reverses victory
Brad Pitt and Tim Cook gatecrash 'Severance' event to promote 'F1'
48-hour Deal Zone: Save up to $500 on Apple's latest MacBook Pro & Mac Studio
Personas compared: a much more natural digital you on Apple Vision Pro
Apple Intelligence is one step closer to launching in China with Alibaba Qwen3 model
Grab Belkin's 12-port Thunderbolt 3 Dock Pro for $69.99 today only
Apple restarts its developer betas with iOS 18.6, macOS 15.6
Trump Mobile's made-in-US iPhone 17 competitor is really made in China
Eero Pro 7 vs Eero Max 7: Amazon's Wi-Fi 7 networking, compared
Apple says there's no chatbot -- but Shortcuts in iOS 26 says otherwise

Google Tech

Bob Menendez set to report to prison in gold bar bribery case - NBC News
One last look at software support as macOS 26 Tahoe winds down the Intel Mac era - Ars Technica
Iran leader Khamenei sees his inner circle hollowed out by Israel - Reuters
R. Kelly hospitalized after prison overdose, alleged murder plot, lawyers say - USA Today
“Who Gives a F*** What Other People Think”: Walton Goggins, Adam Scott and the Drama Actor Roundtable - The Hollywood Reporter
Huge Chase Sapphire Reserve Card Changes: $795 Fee, Big New Perks - One Mile at a Time
Retail sales fell 0.9% in May, worse than expected as consumers pulled back - CNBC
Thunder-Pacers: 5 takeaways as Jalen Williams carries OKC to brink of 1st championship - NBA
DHS reverses course, allowing immigration raids to resume at farms, hotels, restaurants - CNN
Israeli forces kill 51 Palestinians waiting for flour at Gaza aid site, witnesses and rescuers say - BBC
South Africa Built a Medical Research Powerhouse. Trump Cuts Have Demolished It. - The New York Times
Congress is holding emergency briefings on security after Minnesota shootings - AP News
Google Search Console Now Counting AI Mode Clicks, Impressions & Positions - Search Engine Roundtable
Ships collide in Hormuz Strait in shadow of Israel-Iran war - Al Jazeera
Israel says Iran was racing toward a nuclear weapon. US intel says it was years away - CNN
Trump Says He Has No Plans to Call Walz After Shootings in Minnesota - The New York Times
Kraft Heinz to Eliminate All Chemical Dyes Over Next 2 Years - The New York Times
The Red Sox messed it up with Rafael Devers — unless they knew exactly what they were doing - New York Post
UK lawmakers consider decriminalizing abortion amid concern about increasing prosecution of women - AP News
Up First briefing: Trump leaves G7 to focus on Mideast conflict. And, Vance Boelter faces federal charges - NPR
‘Purgatory:' Fed officials left in limbo as tariffs complicate this week’s rate decision - AP News
'It opened up something in me': Why people are turning to bibliotherapy - BBC
Shares slide and crude oil gain more than $1 as Israel warns people in Iran's capital to evacuate - AP News
Russia pummels Kyiv with drones and missiles, killing at least 15 - NPR
Republicans Fight Uphill in a Virginia Governor’s Race That Will Test Anger at Trump - The New York Times

Hacker News

The Hamburger-Menu Icon Today: Is It Recognizable?
Should we design for iffy internet?
The magic of through running
Fossify – A suite of open-source, ad-free apps
BMW ConnectedDrive lets me control my returned rental car (Sixt)
Fun with Telnet
Show HN: I recreated 90s Mode X demoscene effects in JavaScript and Canvas
The Humble Programmer (1972)
Selfish reasons for building accessible UIs
Generative AI coding tools and agents do not work for me
The drawbridges come up: the dream of a interconnected context ecosystem is over
OpenAI wins $200M U.S. defense contract
What happens when clergy take psilocybin
Blaze (YC S24) Is Hiring
Show HN: Chawan TUI web browser
Show HN: Nexus.js - Fabric.js for 3D
Show HN: Canine – A Heroku alternative built on Kubernetes
Dull Men’s Club
Open-Source RISC-V: Energy Efficiency of Superscalar, Out-of-Order Execution
Benzene at 200
WhatsApp introduces ads in its app
How Frogger 2’s source code was recovered from a destroyed tape [video]
Iron nitride permanent magnets made with DIY ball mill [video]
ZX Spectrum graphics magic
How you breathe is like a fingerprint that can identify you
Pitfalls of premature closure with LLM assisted coding
AMD's Pre-Zen Interconnect: Testing Trinity's Northbridge
Photon transport through the entire adult human head
US Streetlights Are Turning Purple
Natural rubber with high resistance to crack growth

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