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The month's top story

Workers who cut crushed quartz countertops say they are falling ill

In homes across America, engineered stone countertops are a common sight. However, a hidden danger lurks in the production of these popular kitchen features.

CBS · 1 sources

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What dominated February

3 stories that ran all month
  1. Technology

    Vision Pro teardown part 2: What’s the display resolution?

    4 of 30 days · 4 articles

  2. Technology

    What Happened to David Graeber?

    4 of 30 days · 4 articles

  3. Technology

    Write a Letter to Your Future Self

    3 of 30 days · 4 articles

Business 38 stories

  1. Remote work doesn't seem to affect productivity, Fed study finds

    bloomberg.com · 1 outlets

  2. 'Stupid,' 'shameful:' Tech workers on Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan's rant

    missionlocal.org · 1 outlets

  3. Finance worker pays out $25M after video call call with deepfake CFO

    edition.cnn.com · 1 outlets

  4. Spot Bitcoin ETF receives official approval from the SEC

    cointelegraph.com · 2 outlets

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  1. "Fake Chinese income" mortgages fuel Toronto real estate bubble: HSBC bank leaks

    thebureau.news · 1 outlets

  2. Alaska CEO: We found many loose bolts on our Max planes

    nbcnews.com · 1 outlets

  3. Stract: Open-souce, non-profit search engine

    stract.com · 1 outlets

  4. Thousands of small businesses are struggling because of R&D amortization

    twitter.com · 1 outlets

  5. Mistral CEO confirms 'leak' of new open source AI model nearing GPT4 performance

    venturebeat.com · 1 outlets

  6. Amazon and iRobot call off their planned acquisition

    cnbc.com · 1 outlets

  7. CEOs Are Using Return to Office Mandates to Mask Poor Management

    forbes.com · 1 outlets

  8. Software Engineers Say the Job Market Is Getting Much Worse

    downloads.webis.de · 2 outlets

  9. Did a 1997 merger ruin Boeing?

    finshots.in · 1 outlets

  10. I hacked a train toilet

    devever.net · 1 outlets

Sports 31 stories

  1. OpenAI scrapped a promise to disclose key documents to the public

    wired.com · 1 outlets

  2. Modder re-creates Game Boy Advance games using the audio from crash sounds

    arstechnica.com · 1 outlets

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  1. Show HN: Boardzilla, a framework for making web-based board games

    boardzilla.io · 1 outlets

  2. Drawing.garden

    drawing.garden · 1 outlets

  3. Tailwind color palette generator

    tints.dev · 1 outlets

  4. Disney to take $1.5B stake in Epic Games

    cnbc.com · 1 outlets

  5. Wind turbines are friendlier to birds than oil-and-gas drilling

    economist.com · 1 outlets

  6. Netflix: Piracy is difficult to compete against and growing rapidly

    torrentfreak.com · 1 outlets

Technology 608 stories

  1. Microsoft stole my Chrome tabs, and it wants yours, too

    theregister.com · 3 outlets

  2. Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to popular food brands

    english.elpais.com · 2 outlets

  3. eBay pays $3M fine in blogger harassment case

    bbc.com · 2 outlets

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  1. Changes we're making to Google Assistant

    semafor.com · 3 outlets

  2. Losing my son

    fortressofdoors.com · 1 outlets

  3. Apple built iCloud to store billions of databases

    apple.com · 3 outlets

  4. In loving memory of square checkbox

    tonsky.me · 1 outlets

  5. What's that touchscreen in my room?

    laplab.me · 1 outlets

  6. Flowblade: Open-source video editor for Linux

    zed.dev · 3 outlets

  7. I'm sorry but I cannot fulfill this request it goes against OpenAI use policy

    amazon.com · 1 outlets

  8. Infinite Craft

    neal.fun · 1 outlets

  9. Relativistic Spaceship

    dmytry.github.io · 1 outlets

Entertainment 43 stories

  1. Vesuvius Challenge 2023 Grand Prize awarded: we can read the first scroll

    scrollprize.org · 1 outlets

  2. Show HN: I made a website to find best bus seat to avoid the sun while traveling

    sitinshade.com · 1 outlets

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  1. Disney unveils the HoloTile floor

    ign.com · 1 outlets

  2. On being listed as an artist whose work was used to train Midjourney

    catandgirl.com · 1 outlets

  3. Show HN: Improve cognitive focus in 1 minute

    oneminutefocus.com · 1 outlets

  4. Show HN: Startup funding simulator

    fundingsimulator.com · 1 outlets

  5. TSMC to build second Japan chip factory

    finance.yahoo.com · 2 outlets

  6. Nightshade: An offensive tool for artists against AI art generators

    nightshade.cs.uchicago · 1 outlets

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