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The Middle East had everything data center builders and hyperscalers could wish for — then the Iran war happened (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-08 | by Chris Stokel-Walker | get Data Center Cooling System → | tags: g42, uae, saudi arabia

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How Ask Jeeves blew it (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-08 | tags: ask jeeves, search engine, fast company

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Everyone’s a loser in Strait of Hormuz game that simulates global crisis (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-08 | get Strategic Command: WWII Pacific → | tags: strat of hormuz, bottleneck game, iran

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Rocket Report: Alpha Block 2 coming this summer; Falcon sets booster landing mark (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-08 | get SpaceX Falcon Booster Model → | tags: firefly aerospace, alpha rocket, starship

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Campaign Staffers Say They’re Using Non-Public Poll Data to Profit on Prediction Markets (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-08 | get Prediction Market Platform → | tags: campaign staffers, non-public poll data, prediction markets

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Internet archival sites struggling to preserve the internet because of skyrocketing hard drive prices due to the AI boom — Wayback Machine and Wikimedia punished by stratospheric storage pricing and stricter anti-scraping measures blocking the wrong bots (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-08 | by Hassam Nasir | get Seagate External Hard Drive → | tags: wayback machine, wikimedia foundation, hard drive shortages

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First Segment of the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel Is In Place (slashdot.org)

2026-05-08 | get Fehmarnbelt Tunnel Model → | tags: fehmarnbelt, fermats theorem, acm sigplan

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Kalshi’s $22 billion problem (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-08 | get Kalshi Trading Platform → | tags: kalshi, prediction market, massachusetts

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The AI productivity playbook: tips and tools for you (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-08 | get AI Productivity Toolkit → | tags: ai tools, fast company, harry mccracken

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Govee’s new solar-powered string lights are on sale for 20 percent off (theverge.com)

2026-05-08 | by Brandon Widder | get Govee Solar String Lights → | tags: govee, solar-powered string lights, matter

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Govee’s solar-powered string lights are already on sale for 20 percent off (theverge.com)

2026-05-08 | by Brandon Widder | get Govee Solar String Lights → | tags: govee, solar-powered string lights, matter

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Google's DeepMind to train AI on player actions in quarter-million-player MMORPG Eve Online — Google bought in by purchasing a minority stake in the newly independent Fenris Creations (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-08 | by Mark Tyson | get EVE Online Collector's Edition → | tags: deepmind, eve online, fenris creations

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AI’s got a brand problem. The CEOs aren’t helping (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-08 | get AI Ethics Book → | tags: artificial intelligence, pew research center, quinnipiac surveys

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Michigan residents voted down a $16 billion Stargate AI data center, then construction began anyway (techspot.com)

2026-05-08 | get AI Data Center Construction Kit → | tags: stargate, openai, oracle

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ChatGPT can now alert your ‘Trusted Contact’ in critical moments (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-08 | get Trusted Contact Emergency Kit → | tags: chatgpt, openai, trusted contact

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Apple TV: 16 Best Sci-Fi Shows You Should Stream Right Now (cnet.com)

2026-05-08 | by See Full Bio | get Apple TV Sci-Fi Collection → | tags: apple tv, severance, apple tv plus

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I love the Galaxy Buds 4 Pro, but using them with a Pixel is a mess (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-08 | get Samsung Galaxy Buds 4 Pro → | tags: galaxy buds, pixel 10 pro, galaxy wearable

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Pentagon Think Tank Tests Ingenious Plan to Protect Coasts From Hurricanes—and It’s Working (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-08 | get Hurricane Barrier System → | tags: pentagon, darpa, tyndall air force base

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The perfect Mother’s Day gift won’t cost you a cent (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-08 | tags: mother’s day, anna jarvis, gratitude

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What’s the role of a simple fitness band in the AI health era? (theverge.com)

2026-05-08 | by Victoria Song | get Fitbit Charge 5 → | tags: fitbit, google, wearable

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Nintendo is raising Switch 2 prices as chip crisis bites (engadget.com)

2026-05-08 | by Steve Dent | get Nintendo Switch Console → | tags: switch 2, nintendo, sony ps5

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Instructure hackers claim they stole data from nearly 9,000 schools (engadget.com)

2026-05-08 | by Mariella Moon | get Cybersecurity USB Data Block → | tags: instructure, shinyhunters, canvas

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Meet Rassvet, Russia’s Answer to Starlink (wired.com)

2026-05-08 | by Lucia Bellinello | get Starlink Satellite Kit → | tags: rassvet, starlink, bureau 1440

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Nanoleaf bets its future on robots, red light therapy, and AI (theverge.com)

2026-05-08 | by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy | get Nanoleaf Light Panels → | tags: nanoleaf, robotics, smart lighting

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Ask HN: We just had an actual UUID v4 collision... (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-08 | get UUID v4 Collision Detector → | tags: uuid v4, npm uuid, database collision

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Tech stocks could offer their best value in years, analysts say, after stellar earnings season (cnbc.com)

2026-05-08 | by Joseph Wilkins | get Tech Stock Investment Guide → | tags: s&p 500, artificial intelligence, semiconductors

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Phel v0.36.0 – Lisp on PHP, now with numeric tower and first-class Vars (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-08 | get PHP Lisp Interpreter Kit → | tags: phel, php, lisp

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Motherboard sales are collapsing because AI data centers made RAM too expensive to buy (techspot.com)

2026-05-08 | get Corsair Vengeance RAM → | tags: motherboard, ram, ai data centers

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The Canvas Hack Is a New Kind of Ransomware Debacle (slashdot.org)

2026-05-08 | get Ransomware Recovery Toolkit → | tags: canvas, ransomware, fermat

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Governance, not gatekeeping: How SAP brings enterprise‑grade safety to AI connectivity (venturebeat.com)

2026-05-08 | get SAP AI Connectivity Toolkit → | tags: sap, api, enterprise software