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1831.

The FCC approved "space mirrors" that experts say could blind stargazers and disrupt wildlife (techspot.com)

2026-08-11 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: fcc, reflect orbital, space mirrors

1832.

SwitchBot’s smart home devices are getting a major boost with their own smart assistant (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: switchbot, kata ai, smart home

1833.

Bumble ditches its rule that kept men from making the first move (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-11 | by Lauren Forristal | tags: bumble, whitney wolfe herd, dating app

1834.

Mistral AI wants to build 1 gigawatt of European compute by 2030 — and lock in customers now. (venturebeat.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: mistral ai, european compute, open models

1835.

Come for ENIAC, Stay for UNIVAC and Skeduflo (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-11 | by Holly Mengel | tags: eniac, univac, skeduflo

1836.

Come for Eniac, Stay for Univac and Skeduflo (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-11 | by Holly Mengel | tags: eniac, univac, skeduflo

1837.

Linux desktop use surged to 22% on one workday, Cloudflare data shows (zdnet.com)

2026-08-11 | by Steven Vaughan-Nichols | tags: linux, cloudflare, statcounter

1838.

Zoom flaw let an attacker take over your device, including iPhone and Mac (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-11 | by Ben Lovejoy | tags: zoom, apple, vulnerability

1839.

iOS 27 beta 5 adds option to upgrade iCloud+ subscription for more AI (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-11 | by Ryan Christoffel | tags: icloud+, apple intelligence, ios 27

1840.

Another OpenAI executive takes off (theverge.com)

2026-08-11 | by Hayden Field | tags: openai, brad lightcap, ai research

1841.

Archaeologists Thought a Mass Grave of 79 Shackled Men Held Foreign Invaders. They Were Wrong (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: athens, archaeology, mass grave

1842.

AI Could Help Fossil Fuel Companies Create More Emissions (wired.com)

2026-08-11 | by Molly Taft | tags: microsoft, artificial intelligence, fossil fuels

1843.

Waymo Has Nearly 4,000 Cars on the Road. One Just Drove Over an Exploding Firework. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-11 | by Jonathan Small | tags: waymo, autonomous vehicles, firework incident

1844.

$580M undersea cable rerouted to avoid the grave of Dobby the House Elf (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-11 | by Jowi Morales | tags: greenlink connector, undersea cable, harry potter

1845.

North Korean remote IT staffer worked for US government agency, says FBI (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-11 | by Zack Whittaker | tags: north korean, fbi, federal agency

1846.

Windows 11 KB5121003 & KB5120240 cumulative updates released (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: windows 11, microsoft update catalog, patch tuesday

1847.

Intel raises $19.7 billion to help fund future projects as 14A production looms — share sale attracted $100 billion in demand, report claims (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-11 | by Anton Shilov | tags: intel, 14a process, tsmc

1848.

Show HN: C# Game Engine with its own scripting language and IDE (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: arcademaker, mono game, scripting language

1849.

The budget-friendly Pixel Buds 2a are even cheaper right now (theverge.com)

2026-08-11 | by Brad Bourque | tags: pixel buds, google, android

1850.

Show HN: Write.md – A free, open-source, themeable Markdown editor for macOS (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-11 | by Daniel Bilek | tags: write.md, markdown editor, macos

1851.

Show HN: Write.md, a free, open-source, themeable Markdown editor for macOS (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-11 | by Daniel Bilek | tags: write.md, markdown editor, macos

1852.

Nvidia Is Close to a $500 Billion Deal to Build AI Infrastructure. Why Aren’t Some Investors Happy About It? (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-11 | by Jonathan Small | tags: nvidia, ai infrastructure, openai

1853.

Garmin Cirqa versus Fitbit Air: How these two fitness trackers compare (engadget.com)

2026-08-11 | by Deven Mcclure | tags: garmin, google, fitbit

1854.

Nvidia Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: nvidia, nemotron, mamba-2

1855.

Stealing Reasoning Traces from Proprietary LLM APIs (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: gpt-5.2, codex, proprietary

1856.

Neutrinos from Deep Inside Earth Provide a New Picture of the Mantle (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-11 | by James Dinneen | tags: sno+ detector, kamland, borexino

1857.

Making sense of the conflicting 20th anniversary iPhone reports (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-11 | by Ben Lovejoy | tags: apple, iphone, face id

1858.

Wendy’s Fell to No. 3 in Burger Chains. Its New CEO Blames ‘Quality Degradation.’ (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-11 | by Jonathan Small | tags: wendy’s, burger king, mcdonald’s

1859.

New surveillance tech links your phone to your license plate (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: license plate reader, leonardo, signaltrace

1860.

Motorola Moto Watch (2026) review: Looks can be deceiving (engadget.com)

2026-08-11 | by Daniel Cooper | tags: motorola, moto watch, wear os