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61.		Rubens Menin's 150 Years "Old" Port Wine (neofeed.com.br)
		20 points by Anon84 8 days ago \| 9 comments
62.		FCC exempts Netgear from ban on foreign routers, doesn't explain why (arstechnica.com)
		53 points by rawgabbit 6 days ago \| 13 comments
63.		Random musings: 80s hardware, cyberdecks (strangelyentangled.com)
		39 points by speckx 5 days ago \| 19 comments
64.		Tesla Cybertruck sales inflated: SpaceX bought 1,279 units (electrek.co)
		88 points by doener 5 days ago \| 28 comments
65.		MZI-based transistorlessness might finally be here (write.as)
		31 points by aniijbod 8 days ago \| 9 comments
66.		Taking a Look at Compression Algorithms – Moncef Abboud (cefboud.com)
		18 points by fagnerbrack 10 days ago \| 6 comments
67.		EU age verification app hacked, 2 minute How to posted (xcancel.com)
		78 points by johanstokking 5 days ago \| 29 comments
68.		US tech firms lobbied EU to keep datacentre emissions secret (theguardian.com)
		81 points by zeristor 5 days ago \| 13 comments
69.		How to make buffet breakfasts less wasteful (economist.com)
		20 points by austinallegro 5 days ago \| 60 comments
70.		[flagged] IETF draft-meow-mrrp-00 (ietf.org)
		39 points by varun_ch 5 days ago \| 17 comments
71.		AI companies are buying the Slack data of failed startups (twitter.com/_iainmartin)
		40 points by harambae 6 days ago \| 10 comments
72.		From Endless Frontier to Enemy of the People: The Assault on Public Science (lawfaremedia.org)
		37 points by hn_acker 5 days ago \| 6 comments
73.		Maine Said No to New Data Centers. Other States Are Racing to Follow (motherjones.com)
		40 points by cdrnsf 5 days ago \| 25 comments
74.		Cave under castle with prehistoric hippo bones 'once in a lifetime' find (bbc.com)
		32 points by Lyngbakr 6 days ago \| discuss
75.		Congress extends controversial surveillance powers for 10 days (npr.org)
		51 points by speckx 5 days ago \| 58 comments
76.		The big business of survival bunkers (economist.com)
		36 points by andsoitis 5 days ago \| 7 comments
77.		Breakthrough takes big step toward safe, reversible male contraception (cornell.edu)
		30 points by thunderbong 5 days ago \| discuss
78.		Starlink outage hit drone tests, exposing Pentagon's growing reliance on SpaceX (reuters.com)
		29 points by petethomas 6 days ago \| 2 comments
79.		Ask HN: Building a solo business is impossible?
		73 points by fnoef 5 days ago \| 96 comments
80.		[dupe] First bikebell against noise-canceling headphones (welovecycling.com)
		12 points by mccolly 5 days ago \| 8 comments
81.		Cerebras S-1 (sec.gov)
		40 points by herpderperator 5 days ago \| 9 comments
82.		Hospital Held Woman for Months Against Her Will. SCOTUS to decide if she can sue (reason.com)
		22 points by SilverElfin 6 days ago \| 6 comments
83.		Apple's $599 MacBook Neo Sold Out Through April Amid Surging Demand (macrumors.com)
		22 points by mgh2 6 days ago \| 8 comments
84.		Airline adds bunk beds for economy travelers but bans snacks, smells and cuddles (apnews.com)
		23 points by randycupertino 5 days ago \| 3 comments
85.		Global warming is making the strongest hurricanes stronger (yaleclimateconnections.org)
		21 points by pier25 6 days ago \| 3 comments
86.		Oil prices plunge as Iran says Strait of Hormuz 'open' during ceasefire (bbc.com)
		15 points by geox 5 days ago \| 1 comment
87.		Anthropic in talks to give US Government access to its Mythos model (ft.com)
		12 points by Cider9986 6 days ago \| 3 comments
88.		Opus 4.7 is horrible at writing
		19 points by limalabs 6 days ago \| 26 comments
89.		FAA Scraps Civil and Criminal Penalties for Flying Drones Near ICE Vehicles (404media.co)
		18 points by pavel_lishin 5 days ago \| 2 comments
90.		Ask HN: How did you get your first users with zero audience?
		20 points by arikusi 6 days ago \| 20 comments
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