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Thursday, July 2, 2026
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ZCode▲ 327

ZCode – Harness for GLM-5.2

ZCode combines the best AI agents with your existing tools so you can plan, code, review, and deploy without friction.

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University of British Columbia▲ 272

Global review confirms mRNA vaccines are safe, effective and full of promise

Comprehensive review brings together global evidence to strengthen public trust and counter misinformation as mRNA vaccines expand to prevent and treat more diseases.

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Worker-Owned Co-ops▲ 309

Show HN: Searchable directory of 22k+ products from worker-owned co-ops

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Makerspet▲ 154

Oomwoo, an open-source robot vacuum you build yourself

I’m starting a new build-in-public project: oomwoo, an open-source robot vacuum you build yourself. Raspberry Pi, ROS 2, 2D LiDAR, Home Assistant, 3D printed, local-first — and open from…

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Tedium▲ 131

Bring back crappy forums

Old web forums were poorly coded and rough around the edges, but maybe we gave up on them too quickly in the social media era.

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Google▲ 104

Opening up 'Zero-Knowledge Proof' technology to promote privacy in age assurance

Today, we open sourced our Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZKP) libraries, fulfilling a promise and building on our partnership with Sparkasse to support EU age assurance.

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University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus▲ 101

Healthy but sedentary people show early decline in cellular energy production

Study finds that healthy but sedentary individuals show early decline in cellular energy production.

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GitHub▲ 7

Kimi K2.7 Code is generally available in GitHub Copilot

Kimi K2.7 Code, an open-weight model, is now generally available in GitHub Copilot. This is the first open-weight model offered as a selectable option in the Copilot model picker,…

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HN — Best of the Week

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Wang Cong▲ 661

Most arguments are about ego, not ideas

I am a software engineer, and I used to enjoy arguing with people for technical correctness. Code reviews, design meetings, mailing-list threads, dinner tables. If someone was wrong, I wanted them to know it, and I wanted them to know exactly why. I collected counterarguments the way I collected patches. I believed that if I just laid out the logic clearly enough, the other person would have no choice but to come around. Truth would win.

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Quantamagazine▲ 800

For first time, a cell built from scratch grows and divides

Scientists built a synthetic cell that combines more lifelike properties than ever before — proof of concept that it’s possible to bring nonliving materials to life, or something close to it, in the lab.

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Reclaim The Net▲ 539

Sony Deletes 551 Movies PlayStation Owners Paid For

Ownership is slowly moving onto servers a few companies control, and the storefront hasn't admitted it yet.

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Sony Interactive Entertainment▲ 672

Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games on PlayStation

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Twitter▲ 360

Fable 5 is Back

Fable 5 is back.

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ZCode▲ 317

ZCode – Harness for GLM-5.2

ZCode combines the best AI agents with your existing tools so you can plan, code, review, and deploy without friction.

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worker-owned co-ops▲ 306

Show HN: Searchable directory of 22k+ products from worker-owned co-ops

Find worker-owned coffee shops and restaurants across the US. Search by city to discover cooperatively owned cafes, bakeries, and restaurants in your area.

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Alex Chamberlain▲ 286

What to learn to be a graphics programmer

I get asked fairly often what people need to know to be hireable as a graphics programmer. I figured it was time to make a page to link instead of re-typing it each time. We are in a…

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