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Apps to distract you from the endless cycle of doomscrolling

It's hard to break the cycle of doomscrolling, but there are plenty of apps that can help you spend more time on content that’s engaging and productive.

Nvidia will investigate CEO Jensen Huang’s relationship with possible Chinese spy

In a memo to the company, Huang admitted that he had an affair.

If Snap’s Specs are still ridiculously expensive, they’re also a lot more comfortable than they used to be

Snap's Specs, which have been in development for many years now, are going to market this fall. Will they be a hit with users?

Coordinated disturbances haunt grids worldwide. Here’s how researchers solved the mystery.

Mystery solved: Coordinated power drops have been haunting power grid worldwide, but a team of researchers in Germany found the culprit.

Sequoia partners reportedly blindsided when Roelof Botha joined SpaceX board

A new report claims Sequoia's recent changes undo the legacy of the firm's former steward.

SNL has a new impression of Elon Musk, ‘the worst thing South Africa has ever done’

SNL seems to have its knives out for tech executives.

He arrested a hacker, then spent 18 months clearing his own name. Now he’s a cybersecurity VC.

Stephen Ward, a former Secret Service agent and Home Depot CISO, is preparing a second fund of roughly $250 million for Brightmind Partners.

TechCrunch Mobility: The Cybertruck experiment is over

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.

Ninja’s AutoBarista is impressively versatile, but one feature was a dealbreaker for me

The AutoBarista's "Grind iQ" technology allows the machine to analyze your coffee beans to inform how it pulls a shot of espresso.

Physicists listened to electrical noise to crack a superconductor mystery

Tuning in to electronic noise can tell us whether electrons have paired up or not.

Doom delivers five minutes of terminal violence on an IBM mainframe

Browser demo renders the classic shooter in ASCII, with no login required and considerable squinting encouraged

Internet governance about to get its quadrennial stress test at ITU meeting

278 proposals on table, and some fear they might shift power to governments

I'm not convinced the AI bubble exists

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When a language's creator and its owners strongly disagree [pdf]

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unlocking any car from X brand in most of the world

Chimera Vocal Synth

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KetchUp – Open-source SketchUp alternative built with Rust and WebGPU

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair

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Nvidia opens investigation: Was CEO Jensen Huang target of foreign intelligence?

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Show HN: SafeScript, a safe version of JavaScript for executing untrusted code

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