The taint bandaid’s evolution into the taint zapper after six years
TL;DR A concept patch first shown at CES 2020 has been developed into a cleared wearable device aimed at delaying…
Donut Lab unveils 400 Wh/kg all-solid-state battery ready for OEM use
TL;DR Donut Lab announced an all-solid-state battery with 400 Wh/kg energy density that the company says is ready for production…
Sony and Honda’s Afeela EV to begin US customer deliveries in late 2026
TL;DR Sony Honda Mobility plans to start customer deliveries of the Afeela 1 EV in the US in late 2026,…
DoNotNotify — Android app to log notifications and block them intelligently
TL;DR DoNotNotify is an Android-focused tool that logs notifications and applies user-defined rules to block unwanted alerts. The maker says…
Scientific production in the era of large language models — PDF release
TL;DR A PDF titled "Scientific production in the era of large language models" was posted on gwern.net on 2026-01-05. The…
Pink Power Ranger hacker deletes white supremacist dating site and leaks data
TL;DR A German hacker-journalist calling herself 'Martha Root' livestreamed the deletion of a white supremacist dating site called WhiteDate and…
Local-first: Why the Term Defies a Clean Definition and Needs Nuance
TL;DR The essay argues that 'local-first' resists a single neat definition and should be treated as a spectrum rather than…
Is I/O still the bottleneck for word counting on modern systems?
TL;DR An experiment revisited a claim that disk I/O is no longer the limiting factor for simple text-processing tasks. Sequential…
These best-value ANC earbuds get improved features and drop to $89
TL;DR Nothing's Ear earbuds, praised for design and noise cancellation, have seen price cuts that make them a stronger budget…
Garmin adds nutrition tracking to Connect app for paid subscribers
TL;DR Garmin has introduced nutrition tracking inside the Garmin Connect app as a feature for Garmin Connect Plus subscribers. The…