e dot dot dot 11 9 2026

Smart thermostats aren't the money savers we've been sold

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Are smart thermostats really reducing your energy bills by what they claim to be capable of?

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Y Combinator's Garry Tan says 'do nothing' about distillation as AI giants accuse China of copying their tech

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At Y Combinator's annual Demo Day, CEO Garry Tan explained why he's less concerned about frontier AI model distillation and the existential risk of AI.

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I thought my Windows PC was clean until WinHance found hidden bloatware

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My "clean" Windows install wasn't clean at all.

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Chinese AI labs secretly used millions of Claude exchanges to train their models, Anthropic says

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Anthropic said it detected unauthorized efforts by China-based AI labs including Alibaba and Moonshot AI to use its Claude models to help improve their own AI systems.

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I wired my home network once, and these are the 5 mistakes I wouldn't repeat

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Here's the home networking lessons I learned the hard way.

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The iPhone Duo enters China's crowded foldable market and faces a price test

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Chinese netizens focused on the price of Apple's iPhone Duo, as cheaper Xiaomi and Huawei foldables raise value comparisons and muddle the foldable's reception.

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