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Microsoft really doesn't want you to buy Office β€” here's a great free alternativehttps://www.engadget.com/2283984/microsoft-doesnt-want-you-to-buy-office-free-alternative

Microsoft Office used to be a suite you could simply buy and it'd just work. Now, it's largely trapped behind a subscription. Here are some great free options.

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More NHS staff sacked over attacks victims' recordshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmd7q8ld3dd3o

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust says a new system will be brought in to protect records.

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Violent clashes between police and protesters in Albaniahttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c8040dk1rnq4o

Police in Albania's capital Tirana have fired tear gas and water cannons onto crowds gathered outside the Ministry of Education where students are among those protesting.

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Websites are closing their doors to AI agentshttps://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1013195/ai-agents-blocked-web

Autonomous agents are the hottest thing in AI. OpenAI, Meta, Google, Instinct, and others promise their agents can scour the internet on your behalf, doing anything from booking a dinner reservation and cleaning out your inbox to buying new shoes. But what happens when the rest of the internet won't play nice? In recent weeks, […]

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Bose’s new earbuds make a strong case for wireshttps://www.theverge.com/tech/1013320/bose-noise-cancelling-wired-earbuds-review

After Apple courageously removed the headphone jack from the iPhone in 2016, most people switched to Bluetooth earbuds and never looked back. But their wired counterparts have stuck around, and their sales even went up this year after five years of decline. Part of the resurgence can be tied to the fact that they're cool […]

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UK must protect against Russian 'hybrid attacks', ex-national security adviser sayshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmze4y9rjepro

Lord Ricketts says more should be spent on improving the resilience of energy, transport, air traffic control and defence sites.

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These common charging habits could be degrading your EV batteryhttps://www.engadget.com/2283982/common-changing-habits-degrading-ev-battery

EVs, with their enormous batteries, can suffer if they're charged in the wrong way. Here's what you should keep in mind when you next juice your vehicle.

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Show HN: A daily deduction puzzle where one hex on a nautical chart is a liehttps://cartographerslie.com

Article URL: https://cartographerslie.com Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50130613 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Pope to be discharged days after lung cancer surgeryhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5x2vkddrkrko

The pontiff will give the traditional Angelus prayer and blessing in St Peter's Square on Sunday.

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Super Intelligencehttps://www.si.gov

Article URL: https://www.si.gov/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50130570 Points: 28 # Comments: 21

Show HN: Animated step-by-step hints for any cryptic crossword cluehttps://crypticinkling.co.uk

Cryptic crosswords are fun AND hard, and I've recently been introducing easier ones to my 11y/o daughter. It made me realise that when you're stuck, all you can do is hope you somehow come up with the way to crack it, or look at the answer and have all the satisfaction of figuring it out yourself removed! I also realised that when I was explaining to her how clues worked, I would scribble all manner of letters, arrows doodles to make sense of how the words of the clue could be mangled and eventually produce the answer. So I made a thing that would replicate the pencil and paper solving proces…

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Show HN: Which Mac runs which LLM, and how fasthttps://macyou.co/mac-llm-calculator

Article URL: https://macyou.co/mac-llm-calculator Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50130442 Points: 2 # Comments: 0

Show HN: Which Mac runs which LLM, and how fasthttps://macyou.co/mac-llm-calculator

Article URL: https://macyou.co/mac-llm-calculator Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50130442 Points: 7 # Comments: 3

More than Just Storage: 8 Ways To Repurpose Your Old USB Flash Drivehttps://www.engadget.com/2285456/ways-to-repurpose-old-usb-flash-drive

It's time to do something with that drawer full of old USB flash drives. Breathe new life into unused tech with simple, useful tricks spanning an array of uses.

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How to check your Ethernet cable's speedhttps://www.engadget.com/2283972/how-to-check-ethernet-cable-speed

Understand the speeds your Ethernet cable can transmit at help you diagnose where the slowdowns on your network are happening.

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Watch: 'Mood has really shifted' as Paris protesters clash with policehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c6vg08xlr8g3o

The BBC is on the ground at the Place de la RΓ©publique, where protesters and police clash after weeks of students demonstrations.

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Show HN: RAE FAANG – catalog and CLI for building products with coding agentshttps://github.com/EnzoVezzaro/rea-faang

Article URL: https://github.com/EnzoVezzaro/rea-faang Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50130426 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Show HN: Offscreen - Give your agents a Mac screen of their ownhttps://github.com/markphelps/offscreen

Article URL: https://github.com/markphelps/offscreen Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50130422 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Show HN: Reverse engineered my standing desk firmwarehttps://twitter.com/vinayjn7/status/2111387895646794180

Article URL: https://twitter.com/vinayjn7/status/2111387895646794180 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50130367 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Encryption Is Getting Squeezed From All Sideshttps://www.wired.com/story/kernel-panic-encryption-is-getting-squeezed-from-all-sides

Canada’s planned surveillance law is the latest grim step in a series of threats to encryption that are spreading around the world.

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Perspective: Midterm money madnesshttps://www.npr.org/2026/10/17/nx-s1-5997474/perspective-midterm-money-madness

Campaign ad spending has topped $10 billion this election cycle, as voters struggle to afford groceries and gas.

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It’s a dream week for tech docshttps://www.theverge.com/tech/1013367/best-tech-documentaries-musk-holmes-installer

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 148, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, hope you're enjoying all your pumpkin-flavored everything, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I've been reading about Marc Andreessen and the future of […]

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Apple’s HomeView is just the latest threat to online recipe writershttps://www.theverge.com/tech/1012820/apple-homeview-recipe-formatting

When Apple revealed the HomeView to the world, it did so with an unusual ad for the company: Instead of pristine, polished tech in immaculate rooms, it's a three-minute look at the messy, frantic morning routine of a family of five. Apple's new smart display sits in the center of the chaos on the kitchen […]

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Harry Styles debuts new track in memory of Liam Paynehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c34g180knv91o

The pop star performed the song on the second anniversary of Liam Payne's death.

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Show HN: Right-click any log line to see its call stack in VS Codehttps://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items

Article URL: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Suwapat.logcallstack Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50130290 Points: 5 # Comments: 0

Show HN: Pitch your tent for perfect shadehttps://shadeplanner.vercel.app

I recently moved to Australia and have been on a bit of a Roadtrip recently. Getting shade in the middle of the day is the only way to survive without becoming a lobster. So I made this, take a photo of your setup and project the shade across the day to make sure your awning is at the perfect angle. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50130266 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

Show HN: Set Span Status via Error Logshttps://github.com/janinishant/otel-log-span-status

I created a pypi library that sets span status to error when you log an error with ability to set ignore rules for specific loggers, templates or messages. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50130230 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Fraud, affordability and Trump policies drive friction in Minnesota Senate debatehttps://www.npr.org/2026/10/17/nx-s1-6004910/minn-us-senate-race

The major party candidates for Minnesota's U.S. Senate seat faced off in an hourlong debate Friday on MPR News with fraud, affordability and fallout from the Trump administration's policies as key points of friction.

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The power of AI is worrying senior Labour figures – as is the fear of β€˜falling behind the public’https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/17/artificial-intelligence-ai-labour-government-safety-uk-extremism

Westminster appears to be waking up to warnings over AI safety, with concerns over its use by extremist groups and bad actors β€œI have this sense that, within a few months, AI is going to be all anyone is talking about,” said one cabinet minister, with an ominous stare. It was Labour conference, with everyone from ministers to activists jubilant at Andy Burnham’s takeover and a bounce in the polls after the change of leader. Continue reading...

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The Best LED Grow Lights for Houseplants This Winter (2026)https://www.wired.com/story/best-led-grow-lights

Shorter days don’t have to spell trouble for your houseplants. These are the lights we’ve used and loved in our own homes.

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Show HN: GmailClass – Chrome extension that labels Gmail emailshttps://gmailclass.ticekralt.com

This has most likely been done before but it's a chrome extension that classifies your emails, powered by Jev. Just provide your Typesafe API key and it works. There are some default labels but you can create your own easily in the chrome extension settings. Enjoy! Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50130049 Points: 2 # Comments: 1

Show HN: A personal creative room where an idea turns into a short filmhttps://github.com/delexw/kiteva

Article URL: https://github.com/delexw/kiteva Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50130031 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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MALFEX npm Package 'imgdecode' Hides Shellcode Loader in Windows Native Addonhttps://thehackernews.com/2026/10/malfex-npm-package-imgdecode-hides.html

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious npm package that's part of a recently disclosed software supply chain attack campaign dubbed MALFEX. The package, named "imgdecode," was uploaded to the package registry on September 30, 2026, by a user named "malfexteste8." It has been downloaded 979 times as of writing and is still available on npm as of writing. The latest version of

Recovery driver sentenced after runaway car crushhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9ly08pm8jz7o

CCTV footage captured the vehicle rolling down the road, dragging driver Sean Baker along.

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England stunned by Tonga in World Cup openerhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/articles/c83vqd73k0xlo

England 's men fall to defeat in the Rugby League World Cup opener as Tonga take their chances in Perth.

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Show HN: Ankhet – a 1-hour simulated workday to replace the LeetCode OAhttps://ankhet.app/candidate/session/demo

Article URL: https://ankhet.app/candidate/session/demo Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50129965 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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These 12 Automatic Cat Feeders Were the Best We Tested in 2026https://www.wired.com/gallery/best-automatic-cat-feeders

We tested some of the most popular automatic dry- and wet-food pet feeders to see which ones are worth the money.

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Fake Linda and me: the Agatha Christie-worthy mystery of the fraudster who stole my bylinehttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/17/fake-linda-and-me-mystery-fraudster-stole-my-byline

How a string of bizarre events led writer Linda Geddes to don her sleuthing cap and dig into a world of shadowy impersonators It started with an entirely ordinary interaction on LinkedIn. Someone had tagged me in a post, saying how much they’d enjoyed contributing to a New York Post article I’d written about β€œchronoworking”. As the author of a book about circadian rhythms, it was exactly the sort of subject I might write about. Except I’d never heard of this person, let alone interviewed them. I clicked on the link and my stomach dropped. There, above an article about people who org…

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Decades after apartheid, South Africans seek justice for crimes of the pasthttps://www.npr.org/2026/10/17/nx-s1-5987671/south-africa-justice-sharpeville-apartheid

More than three decades after the end of apartheid, families of victims of some of the worst crimes of South Africa's past are still fighting for justice. As survivors and perpetrators grow older, a new wave of legal efforts is seeking truth, accountability and reparations before it's too late.

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DIY SOS to be 'rested' next year to save money, BBC sayshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr15jw22v50qo

The long-running programme will be replaced by a "more cost-effective" spin-off show revisiting past projects.

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Rare pink diamond goes on display in France 100 years after amateur heisthttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c61m4zkx47vlo

The French royal jewel will be on public display for the first time since it was found hidden in an apple after a 1926 theft.

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Show HN: SpawnDroid, Cloud-Provisioned Android Containers via WebRTC and ReDroidhttps://spawndroid.io

Article URL: https://spawndroid.io/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50129783 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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HTC Made Smart Glasses That Are Way More Privatehttps://www.wired.com/story/htc-wants-its-vive-eagle-smart-glasses-to-be-the-anti-meta

These smart glasses do just about everything Meta glasses can, but they're not tied to a social media platform.

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Don’t Let a Crypto Inheritance Get Stuck on the Blockchainhttps://www.wired.com/story/crypto-inheritance-how-to

Claiming an inheritance of Bitcoin or other cryptocurrency can be like hunting for buried treasure. It doesn’t have to be.

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Ministers must be honest about Russian threat to UK, says former Foreign Office headhttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/17/russia-threat-uk-former-foreign-office-head-lord-peter-ricketts

Peter Ricketts calls for more resilience in protecting banking, energy and water systems from cyber-assaults Ministers need to be honest with the British public about the immediate threat posed by Russia, which could soon lead to lives being lost, a former national security adviser has said. Peter Ricketts, who advised David Cameron when he was prime minister, became the latest figure to warn about the scale of the threat posed by β€œhybrid attacks” from Vladimir Putin’s forces. Continue reading...

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Show HN: Gridmark – make logos by tweaking shapes on a gridhttps://gridmark.dev

I built this (with claude) as i needed a logo for a project im working on but really did not want to use AI to make the logo. It all runs in browser and you can make logos and save them and download png and svgs without watermarks or anything. At the end of the day it's just an SVG manipulator with some sensible bounds for making some pretty cool looking designs. I did add a paid feature to download the whole brand kit but not really looking to make any money out of it. Would love feedback or any ideas on things to add for different grid types / styles. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.…

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Show HN: A Game of Life sandbox where any pattern is a shareable linkhttps://www.seloby.com/life

Article URL: https://www.seloby.com/life/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50129649 Points: 4 # Comments: 0

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Show HN: Programming Language Cup: same tasks in 32 langs, pick the winnerhttps://chalmovsky.com/prog-lang-cup/plain

Article URL: https://chalmovsky.com/prog-lang-cup/plain/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50129576 Points: 1 # Comments: 1

Sudan’s army claims dozens of RSF fighters killed in Nyala attackhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/17/2550

Rapid Support Forces accuses army of killing 30 civilians in attack on Nyala's busy livestock market.

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Show HN: Club Pigeon – A multiplayer pigeon park with SNES-style minigameshttps://clubpigeon.lol

Article URL: https://clubpigeon.lol Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50129489 Points: 2 # Comments: 0

Show HN: WGSL linter with Tint parity and a full suite of LSP nicetieshttps://github.com/elringus/wgsl-linter

Made a WGSL linter for a VS Code extension with validation matching Chrome's Tint compiler. Plus navigation, rename, layout hints and other LSP niceties; in template strings too. Feedback is very welcome! Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50129425 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Show HN: A web workspace for trying FLUX 3 Kleinhttps://flux3klein.net

Article URL: https://flux3klein.net Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50129351 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Show HN: Panini – a zero-dependency parser for chaotic Indian bank narrationshttps://github.com/peopleofproduct/Panini

Article URL: https://github.com/peopleofproduct/Panini Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50129311 Points: 3 # Comments: 1

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"Tame" boar and deer are instinctively adapting to the wolf in the Netherlandshttps://nos.nl/video/2635315-wildcamera-s-tonen-hoe-zwijnen-en-herten-zich-aanpassen-aan-de-wolf

Article URL: https://nos.nl/video/2635315-wildcamera-s-tonen-hoe-zwijnen-en-herten-zich-aanpassen-aan-de-wolf Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50129274 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

Show HN: Claude Code, deploy using thevibehosting.com == Your app on root Linuxhttps://thevibehosting.com

Article URL: https://thevibehosting.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50129252 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Is MCP becoming the common foundation of smart, decentralised search?https://contextetech.com/en/articles/mcp-protocol-smart-decentralised-search

Article URL: https://contextetech.com/en/articles/mcp-protocol-smart-decentralised-search Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50129235 Points: 5 # Comments: 0

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Weddings are expensive. How about a grocery store cake?https://www.npr.org/2026/10/17/nx-s1-5976921/grocery-store-wedding-cakes

About a third of couples are willing to save money on cake and dessert, according to the wedding-planning site Zola.

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Trump promised a swing district blitz. He's going to a lot of very red stateshttps://www.npr.org/2026/10/17/nx-s1-6004276/trump-travel-midterms

President Trump's midterm travel blitz ahead of Election Day includes several red states he won easily 2 years ago, showing the electoral landscape is more challenging for Republicans.

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Sidewalk sleepers: They have nowhere else to stay while a loved one is in the hospitalhttps://www.npr.org/2026/10/17/g-s1-147874/hospital-diagnosis-patients-india-sidewalk

Patients travel miles to be treated at public hospitals in Delhi. Those in need get financial aid for their care. But for overnight accommodations, families are often on their own β€” and on the street.

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No Kings turns its focus to voting this weekend. Here's what we knowhttps://www.npr.org/2026/10/17/nx-s1-6004887/no-kings-voting-trump

The coalition behind nationwide anti-Trump protests is shifting its strategies this weekend to focus on voter turnout. Organizers say Saturday's events are a nonpartisan effort to get people to the polls.

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Why AI Isn’t Ready to Tackle Our Convoluted Genomeshttps://www.wired.com/story/why-ai-isnt-ready-to-tackle-our-convoluted-genomes

The DNA inside our cells isn’t just a series of instructions, but something far more dynamic. Like scientists, AI models don't yet have the data to properly decode it.

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Microplastics React With Water, a New Study Says. That’s a Problem for Biologyhttps://www.wired.com/story/microplastics-react-with-water-new-study-says-thats-a-problem-for-biology

Though plastic is usually inert, tiny pieces of it have the potential to react with one of the most pervasive molecules in the environment and in our bodies.

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Show HN: CiteLadder – open-source AI search visibility trackerhttps://github.com/abhij1306/CiteLadder

Article URL: https://github.com/abhij1306/CiteLadder Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50129168 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Show HN: I turned my kids' old Yoto Player into an Audiobookshelf playerhttps://github.com/tomekent/yotwo

My kids love their Yotos and I love Audiobookshelf. I wanted something in between that works as they get older and more control. I had two old Gen 2 players lying around that Yoto no longer supports. It turns the player into an Audiobookshelf client. You browse your library with the two knobs, the 16x16 screen shows tiny cover art, and favourites and downloads sync back to the server. Its still keeps the NFC card concept, but they're optional: you can link books/favourites to any NFC card. It all runs locally, with no Yoto account or cloud. It does require opening the player and soldering som…

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England crush Women's World Cup debutants Waleshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/articles/c6djvxmx0z1po

England scored seven tries before the break, and 13 in total on their way to a comprehensive victory over Wales in their Group A opener.

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DeepSeek: DeepSeek v4.1 Flash 1017https://openrouter.ai/deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017

Article URL: https://openrouter.ai/deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50129121 Points: 20 # Comments: 0

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Show HN: CADrs – onshape rust clonehttps://github.com/rvdende/cadrs

Article URL: https://github.com/rvdende/cadrs Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50129079 Points: 1 # Comments: 1

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DeepSeek-v4.1-Flash-1017https://huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017

Article URL: https://huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50129045 Points: 21 # Comments: 7

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