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After 24 years, Return to Castle Wolfenstein is finally distributed uncut in Germany — game was censored due to strict laws regarding Nazi symbolism (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-09 | by Zak Killian | tags: castle, game, german

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Avoid these 6 phrases if you want to sound more confident (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-09 | tags: avoid, avoid expressions, broadcast

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Retraction: The App Store Rejection of the Week That Was a Correct Rejection (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-09 | tags: app store, astrology, dark

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Fastmail offers EU data region (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-08 | by Bron Gondwana | tags: copy, fastmail, location

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The X-Men Casting Rumors Just Keep on Coming (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-08 | tags: actors, actors marvel, cast

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Here’s how we played the massive rebound in AI stocks this week (cnbc.com)

2026-08-08 | by Alexa Lomonaco | tags: ai infrastructure, infrastructure, nvidia

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DeepMind's WeatherNext model achieves breakthrough forecasting cyclones (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-08 | by Weathernext Team | tags: cyclones, forecasters, hurricane

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OpenAI Pauses Some Work on New AI Model Over Cybersecurity Concerns (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-07 | tags: ai testing, astra, astra model

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Shopping App Whatnot Valued at $20 Billion in New Funding (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-07 | tags: doubled, doubled valuation, fast

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This Super El Niño Could Trigger the Highest Sea Levels Ever Recorded on the California Coast (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: california, california likely, coastal

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App Store Rejection of the Week: Dark Hours (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: app store, astrology, astronomy

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We thought we wouldn't write about Overwatch characters anymore but D.Mon looks too sick not to (engadget.com)

2026-08-07 | by Kris Holt | tags: beast, characters, mech

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Weak Passwords Just Exposed Our Water Supply to Iranian Hackers (cnet.com)

2026-08-07 | by Joe Supan | tags: agency, attack, attacks

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The Hottest App in Retail Is Now Worth $20 Billion (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-07 | tags: doubled, doubled valuation, fast

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9to5Mac Daily: August 7, 2026 – iPhone Fold hype, macOS updates (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-07 | by Seth Kurkowski | tags: apple, apple podcasts, daily

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OpenAI puts the brakes on a new model because it’s supposedly too powerful (theverge.com)

2026-08-07 | by Jay Peters | tags: agentic, astra, critical

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Europe finalizes plans for its 'sovereign' Starlink competitor (engadget.com)

2026-08-07 | by Mariella Moon | tags: constellation, european, past

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How SpaceX rockets could transform the global cargo system (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: aims, aims use, announced

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9to5Mac Daily: August 6, 2026 – Potential iPhone 18 Pro shortages, more (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-07 | by Seth Kurkowski | tags: apple, apple podcasts, daily

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'Tower Dump' Warrants Ruled Unconstitutional (slashdot.org)

2026-08-06 | tags: cutting, cutting pasting, documents

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The FCC just shredded local TV station ownership rules, despite questionable legality (engadget.com)

2026-08-06 | by Lawrence Bonk | tags: broadcast, local, national

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Federal Communications Commission scraps limit on broadcast TV ownership (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-06 | by Https | tags: carr, limit, local

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FCC Kills TV Ownership Cap, Claiming Authority Over Limit Set By Congress (slashdot.org)

2026-08-06 | tags: broadcasters, congress, gomez

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Taste Is All That's Left (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: good, making, plausible

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Naïve raises $28.5M to automate the grunt work of setting up and running a company (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-06 | by Ram Iyer | tags: agents, businesses, infrastructure

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What Happened to Talenti? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: hochschuler, issue, plastic

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Trump FCC kills TV ownership cap, claiming authority over limit set by Congress (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: broadcast, broadcasters, carr

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Google’s AI leadership comes apart in a single morning (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: ai mark, ai tech, breaks

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Brendan Carr officially unleashes broadcast consolidation (theverge.com)

2026-08-06 | by Lauren Feiner | tags: broadcast, carr, case

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Etsy laying off 12% of staff in bid to streamline business, position for growth (cnbc.com)

2026-08-05 | by Annie Palmer | tags: cuts, etsy, faster