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1411.

Booksellers suspect AI firms are buying and then destroying rare books (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: ai firms, google books, book scanning

1412.

After Microsoft threatened legal action, a security researcher publishes a new Windows zero-day bug (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-12 | by Zack Whittaker | tags: windows, microsoft, windows defender

1413.

A weird Galaxy bug is making home screen folders spill onto other pages (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: galaxy, samsung, home screen

1414.

MacBook Air shortages are getting worse, here’s where to buy one (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-12 | by Chance Miller | tags: macbook air, apple, supply constraints

1415.

YouTube Makes It Even Harder for Creators to Earn Money: ‘A Fool’s Errand to Try’ (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-12 | by Sherin Shibu | tags: youtube, shorts, emil protalinski

1416.

Skies Darken as a Once-in-a-Generation Eclipse Sweeps Europe, Africa (cnet.com)

2026-08-12 | by Joe Hindy | tags: solar eclipse, total eclipse, greenland

1417.

Silkroad Innovation Hub’s Road to Battlefield competition continues (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-12 | by Techcrunch Events | tags: silkroad innovation hub, techcrunch startup battlefield, polygraf ai

1418.

Qwen/Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: qwen, hugging face, qwen cloud

1419.

Astronomers Discover a Brand-New Type of Object: Part Black Hole, Part Star (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: black hole, star, astronomers

1420.

The Tensor G6’s new TPU is secretly the best Pixel 11 upgrade no one’s talking about (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: tensor g6, pixel 11, google

1421.

‘The End of Oak Street’ Is the Family vs. Dinosaur Adventure You Didn’t Know You Needed (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: ewan mcgregor, anne hathaway, oak street

1422.

US Hires Over 2,000 Video Gamers As Air Traffic Controllers (slashdot.org)

2026-08-12 | tags: faa, air traffic controllers, sean duffy

1423.

The ‘IMDb for Athletes’ Is Here — And Its Founders Built It Without Spending a Dime on Marketing (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-12 | by Dan Bova | tags: athlete agent, imdb, autio

1424.

The Galaxy S27 Ultra could skip this camera feature last seen on the Note 10 (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: samsung, galaxy s27, variable aperture

1425.

Suspected China-linked hackers used AI to run the first-ever end-to-end autonomous cyberattack on Taiwan's government, Israeli firm says — open-source-built tool continuously devised effective hack strategies in real-time (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-12 | by Etiido Uko | tags: china, ai-agent frameworks, dream cybersecurity

1426.

AI’s costly build-out complicates the Fed’s inflation fight (cnbc.com)

2026-08-12 | by Matt Peterson Kate Rooney | tags: openai, elon musk, tesla

1427.

GiveCampus (YC S15) Is Hiring Engineering Managers (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: givecampus, fundraising platform, non-profit

1428.

Think You Know the Office Dress Code? (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-12 | tags: linkedin, labor market, office dress code

1429.

Hundreds of fake Chrome VPN extensions route traffic through a proxy (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: chrome vpn extensions, sock5 proxies, proton vpn

1430.

Driver Pulls Up Directly to Firehouse When His Tesla Inexplicably Bursts Into Flames (futurism.com)

2026-08-12 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: tesla, lithium-ion battery, thermal runaway

1431.

Show HN: A website for exploring historical photographs of my city (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: ronald reagan, united states, show hn

1432.

Pixel 11 Pro Fold (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-12 | by Justin Savich | tags: pixel 11 pro fold, google, foldable phone

1433.

Google launches Pixel 11 Pro Fold (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-12 | by Justin Savich | tags: google, pixel 11 pro fold, hilight

1434.

Inflation eased slightly to 3.4% in July, but energy prices are still high (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: iran war, federal reserve, gas prices

1435.

Hax – a minimalist, terminal-native coding agent written in C (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: hax, terminal-native, c binary

1436.

License plate reader searches should require a warrant (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: alpr, police departments, mass surveillance

1437.

License Plate Reader Searches Should Require a Warrant (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: alpr, norfolk, justice

1438.

Xbox’s Leaked Elite 3 Controller Straddles the Brand’s Warring Identities (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: xbox, elite 3 controller, cloud gaming

1439.

This Popular Herb Is Part of a Billion-Dollar Industry Sold at Convenience Stores. Now Regulators Want to Ban It. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-12 | by Jonathan Small | tags: kratom, wall street journal, happy hippo

1440.

The Pixel 11 Pro’s glowing LEDs look great — there’s just one problem with them (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: pixel 11 pro, highlight, android authority