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Small Town Fights Over Flock's AI-Enhanced Network of License Plate-Reading Cameras (slashdot.org)

2026-05-17 | by Posted | get License Plate Reader Camera → | tags: flock, license plate reader, new york city

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Fabricked: Misconfiguring Infinity Fabric to Break AMD SEV-SNP (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-17 | tags: amd sev-snp, infinity fabric, confidential computing

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ThinkPad: From IBM's Bento Box to Lenovo's AI Workstations (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-17 | by J.D. H. | get ThinkPad X1 Carbon → | tags: thinkpad, lenovo, ibm

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AI Wearables Are Coming but They'll Need to Pass the Coffee Shop Test to Survive (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-17 | get Smart Coffee Shop Wearable → | tags: ai wearables, coffee shop test, tech industry

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Two EA-18 fighter jets collide at Mountain Home airshow, pilots ejected safely (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-17 | by Sun | get Model Aircraft Fighter Jet → | tags: ea-18, mountain home airshow, navy jets

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GenCAD (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-17 | get GenCAD Software Suite → | tags: gencad, cad, b-rep

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Prolog Coding Horror (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-17 | by Markus Triska | get Prolog Programming Book → | tags: prolog, assertz, retract

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Fortnite players get a 10-minute sneak peek of The Mandalorian and Grogu on May 19 (engadget.com)

2026-05-17 | by Cheyenne Macdonald | get Fortnite Mandalorian Action Figure → | tags: fortnite, mandalorian, grogu

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Microsoft Exchange Server Vulnerability Actively Exploited, in a Bad Week for Microsoft (slashdot.org)

2026-05-17 | by Posted | get Microsoft Exchange Server Security Kit → | tags: microsoft exchange server, cve-2026-42897, outlook web access

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‘Smoke Weed and Earn Bitcoin’ With This Vape Pen in Our Increasingly Dystopian Nightmare (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-17 | tags: bitcoin, vape pen, gamification

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Kylo Ren Will Fall In the Next ‘Star Wars’ Comic (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-17 | get Star Wars Kylo Ren Figure → | tags: star wars, kylo ren, charles soule

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Apple’s Siri revamp could include auto-deleting chats (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-17 | by Anthony Ha | get Siri Auto-Delete Privacy Tool → | tags: siri, apple, google gemini

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Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for May 18, #602 (cnet.com)

2026-05-17 | by See Full Bio | tags: the athletic, nytimes, sports

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Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for May 18, #1072 (cnet.com)

2026-05-17 | by See Full Bio | tags: nyt, connections, wordle

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Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for May 18 #806 (cnet.com)

2026-05-17 | by See Full Bio | tags: nyt, strands, puzzles

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Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for May 18, #1794 (cnet.com)

2026-05-17 | by See Full Bio | tags: wordle, nytimes, puzzles

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Spotify confirms disco ball app icon is temporary and regular logo will return (9to5mac.com)

2026-05-17 | by Zac Hall | get Spotify Logo Mug → | tags: spotify, disco ball, app icon

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Why trust is a big question at the Elon Musk-OpenAI trial (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-17 | by Anthony Ha | get OpenAI GPT-4 Laptop → | tags: openai, sam altman, elon musk

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VoIP brings back old-fashioned pay phones to rural Vermont (2025) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-17 | by Novid Parsi | get Vintage Pay Phone Replica → | tags: voip, beta technologies, futel

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Polymarket Spreads Sensationalist Garbage About Hantavirus Case in U.S. (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-17 | tags: polymarket, hantavirus, prediction markets

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Amazon is facing a class action lawsuit for not refunding its customers after 'unlawful' tariffs (engadget.com)

2026-05-17 | by Jackson Chen | get Amazon Refund Protection Kit → | tags: amazon, tariffs, supreme court

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‘Unstoppable’ Crypto Exchange Halts Trading After $10 Million Theft (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-17 | get Ledger Nano S Plus → | tags: thorchain, cryptocurrency, crypto exchange

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Terraria developer confirms cross-play is coming and teases 15th anniversary collector's items (engadget.com)

2026-05-17 | by Cheyenne Macdonald | get Terraria Collector's Edition → | tags: terraria, re-logic, cross-play

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'We Still Can't See Dark Matter. But What If We Can Hear It?' (slashdot.org)

2026-05-17 | by Posted | get Dark Matter Soundwave Art → | tags: dark matter, gravitational waves, ligo

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Keanu Reeves Gets His Samurai On with Stop-Motion ‘Hidari’ Film (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-17 | get Stop-Motion Animation Kit → | tags: keanu reeves, hidari, stop-motion

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New Windows 'MiniPlasma' zero-day exploit gives SYSTEM access, PoC released (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-05-17 | get Windows Security Patch Kit → | tags: windows, miniplasma, microsoft

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Architectural patterns for graph-enhanced RAG: Moving beyond vector search in production (venturebeat.com)

2026-05-17 | get Graph Neural Network Book → | tags: rag, vector database, graph databases

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1047 Games' spiritual successor to Titanfall will reportedly be called Empulse (engadget.com)

2026-05-17 | by Jackson Chen | tags: empulse, titanfall, 1047 games

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Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt Fails to Read Room on AI, Gets Booed into Oblivion (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-17 | get AI Ethics Book → | tags: google, eric schmidt, commencement

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US Math/Reading Scores Continue 13-Year Decline. Researchers Blame Reduced Testing and Social Media (slashdot.org)

2026-05-17 | by Posted | get Educational Assessment Toolkit → | tags: stanford, no child left behind, student test scores