Vol. 01Research desk

Corrections for the age of spectacle

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Oct 1, 2026

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What even is a ‘microdrama’?

On Monday, Variety reported that RoseBerry Media is recutting episodes of the Australian soap opera Neighbours "into microdramas." These clips will be available on Epis, a short-form vertical video streaming platform. Though Neighbours ran for 41 seasons from 1985 to 2025, at lau

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Oct 1, 2026

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Samsung raised prices on the Galaxy S26 by $100

The base Galaxy S26 with 256GB of storage costs nearly $1,000 after Samsung raised prices in the US by $100 or more, Phone Arena reports. The Galaxy S26 and S26 Plus were already $100 more expensive than their S25 predecessors when they launched earlier this year, which Samsung s

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Oct 1, 2026

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Gears of War: E-Day is a great game launching at a terrible time

There are few blockbuster games that are as confident as Gears of War: E-Day. A prequel to one of Xbox's most transformative titles, E-Day knows exactly what it wants to be: a brutal, tense, and self-aware action game, one that is stronger because it doesn't deviate from that pre

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Oct 1, 2026

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Amazon’s Carrie is a cyberbullying nightmare

Do we really need a new version of Carrie? That's the question that plagues any attempt to reimagine the classic horror tale. Stephen King's 1974 novel remains one of his most iconic, and the film version from Brian De Palma and Sissy Spacek two years later remains unsurpassed, d

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Oct 1, 2026

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HP’s answer to the MacBook Neo is thinner, lighter, and comes with OLED

Does this range of colors look a little familiar? | Image: HP HP is announcing a new laptop that's squarely aimed at Apple's MacBook Neo. The 2026 HP OmniBook 5 14 starts at $699.99 with an Intel Core 5 315 "Wildcat Lake" processor, 8GB of RAM, and a 256GB SSD. Much of that sou

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Oct 1, 2026

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Huawei made a whole camera to attach to its latest phone

I’m sorry, this is just a camera that makes phone calls. | Image: Huawei Over the last few years, Chinese Android manufacturers have followed Vivo's example of launching add-on "teleconverter" lenses for their flagship phones, enabling long-distance photography that the phones

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Oct 1, 2026

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The best early October Prime Day deals happening now

It’s not even October yet and Amazon is already offering some Prime Big Deal Day discounts on its own hardware, along with plenty of other popular products. It’s all to hype up October Prime Day, which starts October 6th at 3AM ET and lasts through 3AM ET on the 8th if you’re on

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Oct 1, 2026

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How to speed up the Rust compiler in September 2026

Article URL: https://nnethercote.github.io/2026/09/30/how-to-speed-up-the-rust-compiler-in-september-2026.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49920896 Points: 49 # Comments: 18

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Oct 1, 2026

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StreetComplete on iOS is now in public beta

Article URL: https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/issues/5421 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49920160 Points: 218 # Comments: 50

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Oct 1, 2026

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GPT-Synopsys: Frontier Intelligence to Revolutionize Chip Design

Article URL: https://news.synopsys.com/2026-09-30-OpenAI-and-Synopsys-Announce-GPT-Synopsys-Frontier-Intelligence-to-Revolutionize-Chip-Design Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49919910 Points: 91 # Comments: 40

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Sep 29, 2026

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We’re forgetting what darkness feels like

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/29/night-sky-darkness-city-regulation Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49898050 Points: 53 # Comments: 40

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Sep 29, 2026

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Vermont replacing power plants with home batteries

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260928-a-virtual-power-plant-hidden-in-vermont-homes-is-keeping-the-lights-on-during-storms Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49897993 Points: 87 # Comments: 57

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Sep 29, 2026

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Deser: Rethinking Rust Serialization

Article URL: https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/9/29/deser/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49901149 Points: 26 # Comments: 6

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Sep 29, 2026

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U.S. postal inspectors shut down website selling counterfeit postage labels

Article URL: https://postalemployeenetwork.com/news/2026/09/26/u-s-postal-inspectors-shut-down-website-selling-millions-of-counterfeit-postage-labels/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49899090 Points: 172 # Comments: 95

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Sep 29, 2026

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Livenerf: Has Opus 5.5 been nerfed yet?

Article URL: https://github.com/ninjahawk/livenerf Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49901736 Points: 224 # Comments: 107

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Sep 29, 2026

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UnoDOS

Article URL: https://github.com/hmofet/unodos Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49901437 Points: 15 # Comments: 11

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