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David Attenborough's 100th Birthday (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-08 | tags: david attenborough, birthday, messages

5852.

Stephen Colbert Gets Why You’re Scared He’s Writing a ‘Lord of the Rings’ Movie (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-08 | get The Lord of the Rings Board Game → | tags: stephen colbert, lord of the rings, late show

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There’s a reason data centers don’t look like castles, the Shire, or a spa (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-08 | tags: data centers, artificial intelligence, tech companies

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26 leaders discuss the shifting attitude toward AI (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-08 | get AI Conference Notebook → | tags: artificial intelligence, impact council, company boards

5855.

The Zens Semi-Solid-State Powerbank: a modest but worthwhile battery breakthrough (9to5mac.com)

2026-05-08 | by Ben Lovejoy | get Zens Semi-Solid-State Powerbank → | tags: zens, magsafe, solid-state batteries

5856.

Meta Has Entered Its Death Spiral (futurism.com)

2026-05-08 | by Jon Christian | tags: facebook, mark zuckerberg, metaverse

5857.

Canvas Hack Temporarily Disrupts Thousands of Schools (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-05-08 | get Canvas LMS Access Card → | tags: canvas, fbi, education apps

5858.

Nintendo Switch 2 gets a price hike, now costs as much as the PS5 originally did (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-08 | get Nintendo Switch 2 Console → | tags: nintendo switch 2, playstation 5, nintendo

5859.

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

5860.

Eight More '8-Bit Era' Microprocessors (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-08 | get 8-Bit Microprocessor Kit → | tags: tmx-1795, texas instruments, intel 8008

5861.

Eight More 8-bit Era Microprocessors (2024) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-08 | get 8-bit Microprocessor Kit → | tags: tmx-1795, texas instruments, intel 8008

5862.

The company that owns Moog, Akai Pro, and Numark is buying Native Instruments (theverge.com)

2026-05-08 | by Stevie Bonifield | get Native Instruments Komplete 13 → | tags: native instruments, traktor, akai pro

5863.

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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Senator at center of Utah AI data center debate gets physical, slaps phone out of reporter’s hand — reporter covering cases of harassment against his business (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-08 | by Jowi Morales | get Smartphone Camera Lens Protector → | tags: mida, utah data center, j&j nursery

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Tatiana Maslany Has an Idea for How She-Hulk Could Return to the MCU (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-08 | get She-Hulk Action Figure → | tags: she-hulk, tatiana maslany, disney+

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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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Cursed New AI Service Writes a Mother’s Day Card and Mails It to Your Mom, Without Any Human Involvement Except Inputting Your Credit Card Details (futurism.com)

2026-05-08 | by Jon Christian | get AI Mother's Day Card Service → | tags: anthropic, openai, postable

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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

5869.

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

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

5870.

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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We Asked Coffee Pros to Blind Test Coffee Machines. The Results Were Surprising (wired.com)

2026-05-08 | by Chris Haslam | get Breville Barista Express Espresso → | tags: coffee machines, fully automatic coffee, perky blenders

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Valve opens Steam Controller reservations today at 10 AM PT after record-breaking sell-out — reservation queue puts real fans ahead of automated bots (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-08 | by Zhiye Liu | get Steam Controller Reservation Kit → | tags: steam controller, valve, reservation system

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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

5877.

Need Math Help? Try Using This iPhone Messages Feature (cnet.com)

2026-05-08 | by See Full Bio | get Apple iMessage Math Solver → | tags: apple, ios 18, messages

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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

5879.

Have it your way with this delightful Burger King font generator (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-08 | get Burger King Font Generator → | tags: burger king, font generator, logo customization

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Apple now requires verification for Education Store, adds Apple Watch with discounts (9to5mac.com)

2026-05-08 | by Chance Miller | get Apple Watch Series 8 → | tags: apple watch, education store, unidays