{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Hacker News Highlights","title":"7.17.25 | Altermagnets introduce a new type of magnet, Ex-Waymo engineers create Bedrock Robotics for construction automation, Pgactive offers Postgres active-active replication","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/7e0f0041\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":723,"description":"This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 17, 2025.\nAltermagnets: The first new type of magnet in nearly a century\nhttps://www.newscientist.com/article/2487013-weve-discovered-a-new-kind-of-magnetism-what-can-we-do-with-it/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44583171\nEx-Waymo engineers launch Bedrock Robotics to automate construction\nhttps://techcrunch.com/2025/07/16/ex-waymo-engineers-launch-bedrock-robotics-with-80m-to-automate-construction/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44584372\nPgactive: Postgres active-active replication extension\nhttps://github.com/aws/pgactive\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44580257\nI want an iPhone Mini-sized Android phone (2022)\nhttps://smallandroidphone.com/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44586723\n“Reading Rainbow” was created to combat summer reading slumps\nhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/to-combat-summer-reading-slumps-this-timeless-childrens-television-show-tried-to-bridge-the-literacy-gap-with-the-magic-of-stories-180986984/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44588491\nArtisanal handcrafted Git repositories\nhttps://drew.silcock.dev/blog/artisanal-git/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44586064\nIntel's retreat is unlike anything it's done before in Oregon\nhttps://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2025/07/intels-retreat-is-unlike-anything-its-done-before-in-oregon.html\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44585755\nShow HN: Improving search ranking with chess Elo scores\nhttps://www.zeroentropy.dev/blog/improving-rag-with-elo-scores\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44582662\nHow and where will agents ship software?\nhttps://www.instantdb.com/essays/agents\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44585002\nShow HN: A 'Choose Your Own Adventure' written in Emacs Org Mode\nhttps://tendollaradventure.com/sample/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44587248","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/4nmCVUJ5pUFbIsTy4mvxtFFdN3d3RgMGSU08kiDg2ac/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80NWYy/MGY3NDk0MDRhZjdh/MzljNmM4MTE4YzU0/MDNlNC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}