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Silicon Valley misreads science fiction and undermines democracy (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-09 | by Anthony Ha | tags: artificial state, just, really

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Historian Jill Lepore says Silicon Valley misreads science fiction and undermines democracy (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-09 | by Anthony Ha | tags: artificial state, just, really

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John C. Lilly on solid state intelligence and the elimination of man (1978) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-09 | tags: earth, machines, planet

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Open-source stealth USB hides an encrypted partition behind an 8GB decoy drive — 'Phantom Drive' appears as a regular USB stick until you create a text file to unlock the hidden data (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-09 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: card, drive, firmware

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Owner of original Intel 8080 pre-production layout seeks restorer — handcrafted Rubylith mask shows 5,000 transistors and interconnect patterns of the fabled 2 MHz CPU (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-09 | by Mark Tyson | tags: artifact, film, intel

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The Cold War legend of Romania’s tank-melting laser (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-09 | tags: article republished, certainly, certainly existed

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Maryland Closes More of Cunningham Falls State Park After Second Beaver Attack (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-08 | tags: attack, beaver, department

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More Police Officers Fired, Investigated, or Arrested for Misusing Flock Camera Systems (slashdot.org)

2026-08-08 | by Posted | tags: department, flock, investigation

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X replaces ‘misaligned’ revenue sharing program with Original Content Rewards (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-08 | by Anthony Ha | tags: original, participants, program

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Mario Kart 64 in VR is not for the queasy (engadget.com)

2026-08-08 | by Ian Carlos Campbell | tags: game, kart, mario

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The Apple Watch heart rate feature you probably didn't realize existed (engadget.com)

2026-08-08 | by Deven Mcclure | tags: apple, heart, rate

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‘The Ribbon Hero’ Is an Infectiously Hopeful Magical Girl Take on a Classic (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-08 | tags: anime, anime film, ass anime

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Intel's proposed orbital data centers would manage thousands of simple LEO satellites —two-tier network puts the brains of satellite constellations in higher orbit (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-08 | by Etiido Uko | tags: centers, earth, ground

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Scientist Reveals Plan to Save Earth From Destruction by the Sun (futurism.com)

2026-08-08 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: billion, billion years, earth

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Timeline of the OpenAI accidental attack against Hugging Face (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-08 | by Simon Willison | tags: agent, agents, artifactory

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VC-Funded Startups Linked to Persistent Fraud (futurism.com)

2026-08-08 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: cases, entrepreneurs, performance

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U.S. Department of Energy Launches the Genesis Open Models Initiative (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: department, department energy, energy

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Wacom’s MovinkPad 11 is a fun, midpriced entry point for digital artists (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-07 | by Lucas Ropek | tags: digital, digital art, movinkpad

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Wacom’s Movinkpad 11 is a fun and mid-priced entry point for digital artists (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-07 | by Lucas Ropek | tags: digital, digital art, movinkpad

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Choral: Choreographic Programming for Java (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: choral, java, distributed protocols

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The gaming site sponsored by Walmart lays off its editorial staff (theverge.com)

2026-08-07 | by Jay Peters | tags: editorial, laid, moonrock

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Details Leak on OpenAI’s Doughnut-Shaped Speaker (cnet.com)

2026-08-07 | by Tyler Lacoma | tags: apple, devices, home

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OpenAI’s expensive smart speaker will use moving parts to seem “more alive” (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: apple, bloomberg, openai

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Employee happiness is climbing back from all-time lows, survey suggests (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: according bamboohr, bamboohr, bamboohr recent

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Samsung Galaxy Watch 9 review: Health data overload, but built for the future (zdnet.com)

2026-08-07 | by Nina Raemont | tags: galaxy, galaxy watch, health

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Olivia Rodrigo handpicked Etsy founders for festival merch. Their sales soared more than 2,000% (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: artist, businesses, chain

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Warner Bros. Confirms ‘Jetsons’ Movie Starring Jim Carrey (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: disney, earth, earth series

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Time to Fly: Google Earth Opens Its Secret Flight Simulator to All Users (cnet.com)

2026-08-07 | by Joe Hindy | tags: earth, features, flight

119.

10 essential tools for discovering, learning, and making music (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: apps, apps websites, article republished

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Ranking the Best Smart Glasses: Meta, Viture, & More (2026) (wired.com)

2026-08-07 | by Boutayna Chokrane | tags: display, glasses, hill