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Sunday, 09 August 2026
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AI’s promise to indie filmmakers: Faster, cheaper, lonelier
AI expands access to filmmaking for resource-constrained creators. But as efficiency becomes the industry’s north star, creativity risks being overwhelmed by a deluge of low-effort, AI-generated content.
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"Million-year-old" fossil skulls from China are far older—and not Denisovans
The revised age may help make sense of 2-million-year-old stone tools elsewhere in China.
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It's outright war for the Iron Throne in House of the Dragon S3 teaser
"The king has abdicated his throne. A new line is coming. A new line of unsullied kings."
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Pokémon Red and Green’s GBA remakes are getting re-released on Switch for $20 a pop
Games appear to be mostly unmodified ports of the well-regarded remakes.
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Supreme Court blocks Trump's emergency tariffs, billions in refunds may be owed
Economists estimated more than $175 billion may need to be refunded.
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Tesla slashes Cybertruck prices as it tries to move (unpainted) metal
The stainless steel pickup truck is Tesla's first real flop.
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An AI coding bot took down Amazon Web Services
Blames "user error, not AI error" for incident in December involving its Kiro tool.
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F-Droid: "Keep Android Open"
Article URL: https://f-droid.org/2026/02/20/twif.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47091419 Points: 67 # Comments: 4
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Lil' Fun Langs
Article URL: https://taylor.town/scrapscript-000 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47091071 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
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Legion Health (YC) Is Hiring Cracked SWEs for Autonomous Mental Health
Article URL: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/legionhealth/ffdd2b52-eb21-489e-b124-3c0804231424 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47090610 Points: 0 # Comments: 0
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Tesla to pay $243M judgement over Autopilot crash
Article URL: https://electrek.co/2026/02/20/tesla-has-to-pay-historical-243-million-judgement-over-autopilot-crash-judge-says/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47090584 Points: 13 # Comments: 1
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No Skill. No Taste
Article URL: https://blog.kinglycrow.com/no-skill-no-taste/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47089907 Points: 88 # Comments: 95
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Meta’s metaverse leaves virtual reality
Meta said it's shifting focus for Horizons Worlds to be "almost exclusively mobile" and that it will separate its Quest VR platform from the virtual world.
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Lucid Motors slashes 12% of its workforce as it seeks profitability
The layoffs affect hundreds of full-time workers in the US, according to an internal memo obtained by TechCrunch.
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AI’s promise to indie filmmakers: faster, cheaper, lonelier
AI expands access to filmmaking for resource-constrained creators. But as efficiency becomes the industry’s north star, creativity risks being overwhelmed by a deluge of low-effort, AI-generated content.