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Contractor Admits They, Not Imaginary Antifa Vandals, Wrecked the Reflecting Pool (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-11 | tags: atlantic industrial coatings, reflecting pool, antifa

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WhatsApp rolling out redesigned iPad interface with Mac-like sidebar (9to5mac.com)

2026-09-11 | by Marcus Mendes | get Apple iPad 11-inch A16 → | tags: whatsapp, ipad, liquid glass

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Some satellite companies still have an appetite for boutique launch services (arstechnica.com)

2026-09-11 | get Celestron NexStar 6SE telescope → | tags: astroscale, jaxa, adras-j2

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OpenAI agents carried out an undisclosed attack on RubyGems (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-11 | by Spencer Kitts | get YubiKey 5 NFC security key → | tags: openai, rubygems, ai agents

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Leaker says Apple will pay $250 per iPhone Duo display in three-year Samsung deal (9to5mac.com)

2026-09-11 | by Marcus Mendes | get Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 → | tags: apple, samsung display, iphone duo

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Mecka AI nears $500M valuation in Sequoia-led deal amid rush for robot training data (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-11 | by Marina Temkin | get Rokoko Smartsuit Pro motion capture → | tags: mecka ai, sequoia capital, humanoid robots

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Cyberattack by Rogue AI Swarm Stokes Fears of Out-of-Control Agents (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-09-11 | get YubiKey 5 NFC security key → | tags: openai, hugging face, cyberattack

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9to5Mac Overtime 081: iPhone Duo thoughts and impressions (9to5mac.com)

2026-09-11 | by Jeff Benjamin | get Apple Polishing Cloth → | tags: iphone duo, apple, foldable smartphone

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QueryBrew: System-Agnostic SQL-to-SQL Query Optimization [pdf] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-11 | get SQL Performance Explained Markus Winand → | tags: querybrew, sql, query optimization

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Project Blinkenlights (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-11 | get Adafruit NeoPixel RGB LED strip WS2812B → | tags: project blinkenlights, chaos computer club, haus des lehrers

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Report: iPhone price hike ‘better than feared,’ iPhone Duo to drive demand for the cycle (9to5mac.com)

2026-09-11 | by Marcus Mendes | get Anker MagGo Qi2 wireless charger stand → | tags: iphone 18 pro, iphone duo, apple

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PlayStation Ditched Hideo Kojima's 'Physint' on Budget Concerns, Missed Deadlines (slashdot.org)

2026-09-11 | get Death Stranding Director's Cut PS5 → | tags: playstation, hideo kojima, physint

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Moss developer Polyarc has closed (engadget.com)

2026-09-11 | by Ian Carlos Campbell | get Meta Quest 3S VR headset → | tags: polyarc, moss, virtual reality

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Lenovo’s Googlebook 15 Gets a New Specs Leak. Brace Your Wallet for Impact (cnet.com)

2026-09-11 | by Ajay Kumar | get Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14 OLED → | tags: lenovo, googlebook 15, chromebook

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Show HN: ResolveHQ – A Helpdesk Built on Cloudflare Workers, D1, R2 and Queues (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-11 | get Cloudflare Workers serverless book → | tags: cloudflare workers, resolvehq, cloudflare d1

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Fairbuds 2 leak gives us an early look at a very different design (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-11 | get Fairphone Fairbuds XL → | tags: fairbuds 2, fairphone, earbuds

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Random rewards enrich classic game-theory insights (arstechnica.com)

2026-09-11 | get The Evolution of Cooperation Robert Axelrod book → | tags: game theory, prisoner's dilemma, evolutionary strategies

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LinkedIn Gets ‘Browsergate’ Proposed Class Actions Thrown Out (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-11 | get Yubico YubiKey 5 NFC → | tags: linkedin, browsergate, class action

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Khosla Ventures is opening a New York office this fall — its first outpost outside Sand Hill Road (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-11 | by Connie Loizos | get Moleskine classic hardcover notebook large ruled → | tags: khosla ventures, keith rabois, new york office

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The Fed Is Poised to Raise Interest Rates for the First Time in Years (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-09-11 | tags: the fed, interest rates, oil pipeline

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Bouncy castle launches horrifying MRSA outbreak, striking 48 kids in Ireland (arstechnica.com)

2026-09-11 | get Clorox disinfecting wipes → | tags: mrsa, bouncy castle, ireland

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GTA 5 Mod Adds Flock Surveillance Cameras So Players Can Blow Them Up (cnet.com)

2026-09-11 | by Joe Hindy | get Grand Theft Auto V PC → | tags: gta 5, flock cameras, license plate readers

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Don’t trust AI companies with your content. Verify them instead (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-11 | tags: anthropic, sony music, warner music

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Y Combinator’s Garry Tan wants US open-weight AI labs to ‘distill’ frontier models, too (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-11 | by Julie Bort | tags: y combinator, garry tan, anthropic

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Y Combinator’s Garry Tan wants U.S. open-weight AI labs to ‘distill’ frontier models, too (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-11 | by Julie Bort | tags: distillation, y combinator, garry tan

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Apple ranks third on TIME’s World’s Best Companies list after last year’s absence (9to5mac.com)

2026-09-11 | by Marcus Mendes | get Apple iPhone 17 → | tags: apple, time, nvidia

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OpenAI’s feud with mathematicians is only escalating (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-11 | by Tim Fernholz | get Princeton Companion to Mathematics hardcover → | tags: openai, fields medal, tristan buckmaster

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Building websites with ChatGPT just got faster and more collaborative (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-11 | tags: chatgpt, chatgpt sites, openai

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A Breakthrough? Or Just Breakable? Apple Unveiled the iPhone Duo, and CNET Writers Have Many Thoughts (cnet.com)

2026-09-11 | by Jon Reed | get Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 → | tags: iphone duo, apple, foldable phone

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A Metal Detectorist Just Discovered Finland’s Largest Hoard of Viking Age Silver—But Was It Plunder? (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-11 | get Garrett ACE 300 metal detector → | tags: metal detectorist, finland, viking age