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Polymarket Bug Reportedly Let Identity Thieves Into Existing Accounts (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-20 | get YubiKey 5C NFC security key → | tags: polymarket, identity theft, bug

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The Brain Is Actually Two Completely Separate Organs (slashdot.org)

2026-09-20 | by Posted | tags: stanford medicine, hindbrain, brain stem

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Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI, and Google face antitrust lawsuit for agreeing to slow AI development — plaintiffs say plan has been in motion for months before, calls agreement ‘self-serving’ (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-20 | by Jowi Morales | tags: antitrust lawsuit, dario amodei, sam altman

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These small changes can improve your home surround sound in a big way (engadget.com)

2026-09-20 | by Gabriela Vătu | get Sonos Beam Gen 2 soundbar → | tags: surround sound, room acoustics, speaker placement

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Do birds have accents? the regional differences in birdsong (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-20 | by Louise Gentle | get Bushnell H2O binoculars birdwatching → | tags: birdsong, international dawn chorus day, blue tits

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North Korea used job interviews to deploy malware on 30,000 devices during coding tests — WaterPlum group loots $10.7 million in crypto and plants persistent RATs (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-20 | by Jowi Morales | get YubiKey 5C NFC hardware security key → | tags: waterplum, north korea, cryptocurrency theft

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To Enforce Its Proposed Social Media Ban for 450 Million Pre-Teens, EU Builds an Open Source App (slashdot.org)

2026-09-20 | by Posted | tags: european commission, kids act, age verification app

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I’ve tested dozens of wireless chargers — this is the first one I actually want to keep using (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-20 | get DailyObjects Node modular wireless charger → | tags: dailyobjects node, wireless chargers, apple airpower

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Putin casts online vote using unlicensed Windows on an American Dell PC — 'Activate Windows' watermark visible in official Kremlin clip, uses foreign Dell PC despite Russian tech mandate (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-20 | by Mark Tyson | get Windows 11 Pro license key → | tags: vladimir putin, state duma elections, windows activation watermark

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Meet the Academics Trying to Stop You From Having Sex in Robotaxis (wired.com)

2026-09-20 | by Aarian Marshall | tags: robotaxis, autonomous vehicles, pavlo bazilinskyy

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Anthropic picks Accenture for third-party AI safety evaluations (engadget.com)

2026-09-19 | by Jackson Chen | tags: anthropic, accenture, ai safety

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Acer Predator QD-OLED monitor now 36% off — 500 Hz refresh rate and True Black 500 certification slashed to $509.99 (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-19 | by Bruno Ferreira | get Acer Predator X27U QD-OLED monitor 500Hz → | tags: acer predator x27u, qd-oled monitor, 500 hz refresh rate

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Meta’s Muse is creepy, but maybe not for the reasons you think (theverge.com)

2026-09-19 | by Terrence O'Brien | tags: meta muse, ai assistant, mac app

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With Its 17 New Robotoilets, NYC is Experimenting With the Radical Idea of Actually Providing Public Bathrooms (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-19 | tags: public bathrooms, nyc, robotoilets

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Our top iPhone 18 Pro accessories to upgrade your setup [Updated] (9to5mac.com)

2026-09-19 | by Justin Kahn | get Apple AirPods Pro 3 → | tags: iphone 18 pro, airtag 2, airpods pro 3

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Acer Nitro XV273U F5 gaming monitor review: One of the fastest LCDs on the planet (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-19 | by Christian Eberle | get Acer Nitro XV273U F5 27 inch gaming monitor → | tags: acer nitro xv273u f5, gaming monitor, 1000 hz mode

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Google Now Asking For Users’ Video Selfies to Verify Their Identities (futurism.com)

2026-09-19 | by Frank Landymore | tags: google, video selfies, facial recognition

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Why I still install this third-party battery app on my Android phones in 2026 (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-19 | get Anker 737 power bank 24000mAh → | tags: accubattery, android authority, battery optimization

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How Close Are We to Superconductors That Are Actually Practical? (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-19 | get Anker portable freezer thermoelectric cooler → | tags: superconductors, physics, superconductivity

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AI “Actor” Tilly Norwood Glitches Out During Interview, Starts Rambling in Chinese (futurism.com)

2026-09-19 | by Frank Landymore | tags: tilly norwood, piers morgan, ai actor

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Viral AI actress' hotline face-scans every caller, watches their mood (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-09-19 | tags: tilly norwood, talking tilly, didit

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Apple M6 Pro Achieves the Highest Single-Core CPU Score in Geekbench 7 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-19 | get Apple MacBook Pro M-series 14 inch laptop → | tags: apple m6 pro, geekbench 7, single-core cpu

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11 secrets to success according to 80+ elite performers (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-19 | get Full Focus Planner Michael Hyatt → | tags: dolly parton, elite performers, success secrets

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AI-Generated ‘Actress’ Tilly Norwood Starts Rambling in Cantonese During Piers Morgan Interview (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-19 | tags: tilly norwood, piers morgan, ai-generated actress

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Science Is Open Software (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-19 | by Jens Egholm Pedersen | tags: open source software, reproducible research, computational science

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Tilly Norwood’s press tour is going about as well as you’d expect for an AI (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-19 | by Amanda Silberling | tags: tilly norwood, particle6 group, ai actress

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Alibaba open-sources AI model that can detect cancer and nearly 150 conditions (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-18 | by Ann Cao | tags: alibaba, damo academy, damo radar

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RIP to Cult Actor Gerrit Graham, Star of ‘Phantom of the Paradise’ and ‘Child’s Play 2’ (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-18 | tags: gerrit graham, phantom of the paradise, child's play 2

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Anthropic’s first embedded evaluator is … Accenture? (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-18 | by Tim Fernholz | tags: anthropic, accenture, dario amodei

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Anthropic’s first embedded evaluator is … Accenture? (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-18 | by Tim Fernholz | tags: anthropic, accenture, faculty