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World Faces Longer Supply Shortage as China’s Factories Squeezed

Posted on May 27, 2021 by HeyJK
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(Bloomberg) — Eric Li’s factory making glass lampshades for companies including Home Depot Inc. is being stretched to its limits with sales doubling their pre-pandemic level.
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Lose weight and remember more? Intermittent fasting may improve long-term memory

Posted on May 26, 2021 by HeyJK
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LONDON — Intermittent fasting (IF) is becoming a common practice among dieters trying to burn fat and lose weight, but a new study finds it may hold cognitive benefits as well. Researchers from Kings College London report IF helped improve the long term memory retention of a group of lab mice.
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M1X Mac mini reportedly to feature thinner chassis redesign, use same magnetic power connector as new iMac

Posted on May 25, 2021 by HeyJK
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In his latest video, Jon Prosser claims that the upcoming M1X-powered Mac mini will also introduce a new generation of industrial design for Apple’s standalone Mac.
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These 100 companies produce 90 per cent of all single-use plastic waste generated globally

Posted on May 19, 2021 by HeyJK
Plastic Waste Makers Index: Top 100 polymer producers
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Daniel Kahneman: ‘Clearly AI is going to win. How people are going to adjust is a fascinating problem’

Posted on May 18, 2021 by HeyJK
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Daniel Kahneman, 87, was awarded the Nobel prize in economics in 2002 for his work on the psychology of judgment and decision-making.
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Movies Every Physics Student Should Watch

Posted on May 13, 2021 by HeyJK
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Physics movies affect many of us powerfully due to the combined impact of scenery and music, technical detail and philosophical dialogue, futuristic lighting and a multitude of other special effects, all of which elicit deep feelings and even help us to reflect on our lives.
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Mind over matter: brain chip allows paralysed man to write

Posted on May 12, 2021 by HeyJK
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Paralysed from the neck down, the man stares intently at a screen. As he imagines handwriting letters, they appear before him as typed text thanks to a new brain implant.
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The Hypnotic World of Degenerate Spirals

Posted on May 10, 2021 by HeyJK
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Recently, I was looking for a way to add a spiral to my website1. My search led me to this CodePen, which I found fascinating. For one, the code for simulating the spiral was very simple. But what really caught my attention was what happened when I started playing with the provided “angle” slider.
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The Unbuilt Streets of California’s Ghost Metropolis

Posted on May 10, 2021 by HeyJK
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In 1958, a Czech-born sociology professor named Nat Mendelsohn purchased 82,000 acres of land in the Mojave Desert, about 100 miles north of Los Angeles, and founded the optimistically named California City.
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Sell! Sell! Sell!

Posted on May 5, 2021 by HeyJK
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Hulu series features story of Winter Park Boat Tour

Posted on May 3, 2021 by HeyJK
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The Places Where We Live is a three-part Hulu series featuring a series of short films inspired by real people, places, and events across the country. Hulu describes the series as “modern folklore about everyday situations and the things we take for granted.” It’s a must-watch.
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Designing a guitar with hot-swappable pickups

Posted on May 3, 2021 by HeyJK
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Lately I’ve been learning to play guitar. I wanted to be able to try out a bunch of different pickups on my guitar, to get a feel for what sound I prefer.
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Bartosz Ciechanowski

Posted on May 3, 2021 by HeyJK
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I’m a huge fan of the transform property. Combining rotations, translations, and scalings is one of the easiest way to modify a shape of a UIView or a CALayer.
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Internal Combustion Engine – Bartosz Ciechanowski

Posted on May 3, 2021 by HeyJK
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The invention of the internal combustion engine in the 19th century has revolutionized transportation over land, water, and air. Despite their omnipresence in modern day, the operation of an engine may be cryptic.
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Did QuantumScape Just Solve a 40-Year-Old Battery Problem?

Posted on May 2, 2021 by HeyJK
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If electric vehicles are ever going to fully supplant gas guzzlers on the world’s roads, they’re going to need an entirely new type of battery.
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Greener Is Getting Going
Fusion Sparks an Energy Revolution
The AI-Fueled Future of Work Needs Humans More Than Ever
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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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Top 10 AI Tools That Will Transform Your Content Creation in 2025
LimeWire AI Studio Review 2023: Details, Pricing & Features
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Top 10 AI Content Generator & Writer Tools in 2022
Beginner Guide to CJ Affiliate (Commission Junction) in 2022
TOP 11 AI MARKETING TOOLS YOU SHOULD USE (Updated 2022)
Most Frequently Asked Questions About Affiliate Marketing
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?
Top 10 Best PLR(Private Label Rights) Websites | Which One You Should Join in 2022?

Apple Insider

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
Flash deal: M4 Mac mini drops to $499 in today's price war
Apple stuck with $58M fine after Dutch court rules it broke antitrust law

Google Tech

Oil prices rise as Iran-Israel conflict escalates - Reuters
JetBlue to cut more flights, other costs with break-even 2025 'unlikely' due to weaker travel demand - CNBC
Thunder-Pacers: 5 takeaways as Jalen Williams carries OKC to brink of 1st championship - NBA
Israeli forces kill 51 Palestinians waiting for flour at Gaza aid site, witnesses and rescuers say - BBC
Diddy's 'drug mule' to take the stand after jury is shown disturbing freak-off videos: Live trial updates - Daily Mail
Trump says he won't call Minnesota Gov. Walz after lawmaker shootings because it would 'waste time' - AP News
Iran leader Khamenei sees his inner circle hollowed out by Israel - Reuters
Kraft Heinz to remove artificial dyes from U.S. products by end of 2027 - CNBC
The Red Sox messed it up with Rafael Devers — unless they knew exactly what they were doing - New York Post
Congress is holding emergency briefings on security after Minnesota shootings - AP News
Doctor Who Gave Matthew Perry Ketamine Will Plead Guilty, U.S. Says - The New York Times
A Senator’s Fall From Grace Ends in a Grim Federal Lockup - The New York Times
UK lawmakers consider decriminalizing abortion amid concern about increasing prosecution of women - AP News
Russia launches ‘horrific’ attack on Kyiv - Al Jazeera
'It opened up something in me': Why people are turning to bibliotherapy - BBC
Trump gets back behind raids in immigration whiplash - Axios
Fed’s ‘Wait and See’ Approach Is Intact as New Risks Cloud Economic Outlook - The New York Times
Republicans Fight Uphill in a Virginia Governor’s Race That Will Test Anger at Trump - The New York Times
Trump says he has not reached out to Iran for peace talks as he returns early from G7 – US politics live - The Guardian
Carlos Sainz goes off script at F1 movie premiere with warning to ‘pure fans’ - PlanetF1
Fire Seen Near Entrance to Strait of Hormuz Puts Ships on Alert - Bloomberg
Scoop: U.S. tells allies it won't join war unless Iran targets Americans - Axios
Nintendo Switch 2 Breaks Sales Records - Dark Horizons
Shohei Ohtani makes his long-awaited pitching debut for Dodgers in win over Padres - Los Angeles Times
Trump says early G7 exit ‘nothing to do’ with Macron’s remarks on Israel-Iran ceasefire offer - France 24

Hacker News

Are AI Bots Knocking Cultural Heritage Offline?
Google aims to reinvent email with Wave (2009)
AI threatens to raid the water reserves of Europe's driest regions
"Microsoft Locked My Account – I Lost 30 Years of Photos and Work"
Threat in Your Medicine Cabinet: The FDA's Gamble on America's Drugs
No Hello
The magic of through running
NexusMods Changes Hands
Fossify – A suite of open-source, ad-free apps
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
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
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]
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

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