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Sunday, 16 August 2026
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Show HN: Live breath detection and biofeedback from a phone microphone
Hi everyone, I am Felix, a famliy doctor from ZH, Switzerland.
A couple of month ago I started this little project called
shii • haa, a breathing app that uses the phone`s microphone
for live biofeedback My prior work in emergency medicine and int
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Cyberdecks are having a moment, rejecting big tech surveillance with style and substance
Over the last few months, these DIY hardware communities have exploded in popularity as people on social media show off their solar-powered game emulators, pocket-sized ereaders, and clamshell purse computers.
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Uber caps employee AI spending after blowing through budget in four months
Uber's cutback has occurred after the company had reportedly encouraged staff to use AI as much as possible.
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New Microsoft tool lets devs spin up AI behavior tests using text descriptions
Microsoft on Tuesday took the wraps off Adaptive Spec-driven Scoring for Evaluation and Regression Testing, an open source framework for spinning up AI evaluations.
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A startup, Everand, is now bundling e-books, audiobooks, and book clubs in challenge to Amazon
A new reading subscription from Everand offers access to both e-books and audiobooks, and Fable's book club community.
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The advertising cartel coming to your web browser
Article URL: https://blog.zgp.org/the-advertising-cartel-coming-to-your-web-browser/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48375175 Points: 29 # Comments: 7
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Open Repair Data Standard – Open Repair Alliance
Article URL: https://openrepair.org/open-data/open-standard/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48375150 Points: 12 # Comments: 0
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Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left
Article URL: https://moddedbear.com/gmail-thinks-im-stupid-so-i-left Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48375016 Points: 139 # Comments: 60
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HP re-releases classic computer science calculator: The HP-16C
Article URL: https://hpcalcs.com/product/hp-16c-collectors-edition/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48374685 Points: 20 # Comments: 4
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Launch HN: Rudus (YC P26) – AI for concrete contractors
Hi HN, we’re Rishi and Sahil. We’ve developed Rudus ( https://www.rudus.ai/ ), an AI-powered takeoff and estimation platform built for concrete subcontractors. Takeoff is the process of measuring and quantifying materials from concrete plan sheets. R
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MAI-Code-1-Flash
https://microsoft.ai/models/mai-code-1-flash/ https://microsoft.ai/pdf/MAI-Code-1-Flash-Model-Card.PDF Launching seven new MAI models: https://microsoft.ai/news/building-a-hillclimbing-machine-la... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=
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MAI-Thinking-1
https://microsoft.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/main_2026060... Launching seven new MAI models: https://microsoft.ai/news/building-a-hillclimbing-machine-la... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48374362 Points: 43 # Comments: 11
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Microsoft announces Scout, an autonomous AI agent built on OpenClaw
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2026/06/0... https://www.404media.co/microsoft-wants-to-make-people-addic... https://www.wired.com/story/meet-microsoft-scout-your-ai-cow... ( https://web.archive.org/web/20260602180553/https://www.w
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GitHub Copilot App
Article URL: https://github.com/features/preview/github-app Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48373764 Points: 59 # Comments: 33
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Bringing Up DeepSeek-V4-Flash on AMD MI300X
Article URL: https://fergusfinn.com/blog/deepseek-v4-flash-mi300x/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48373675 Points: 41 # Comments: 3