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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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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

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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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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

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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

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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

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GeoJSON (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-08 | get GeoJSON Viewer Tool → | tags: geojson, ietf, rfc 7946

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NASA Says Strange Red Dots in Sky Are an Unknown Class of Object That Looks Like a Huge Evil Eye (futurism.com)

2026-05-08 | by Frank Landymore | get Red Dots Sky Poster → | tags: nasa, chandra x-ray observatory, james webb space telescope

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This is a first: OnePlus’ latest phone will get fewer updates than its predecessor (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-08 | get OnePlus Nord CE 3 Lite → | tags: oneplus, nord ce 6, android 18

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Microsoft is adding a feature that briefly maxes out your CPU to make Windows feel snappier (techspot.com)

2026-05-08 | get Windows 11 Performance Booster → | tags: microsoft, windows 11, low latency profile

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The Best Cat Water Fountains of 2026: Petlibro, Petkit, Oneisall (wired.com)

2026-05-08 | by Molly Higgins | get Petlibro Cat Water Fountain → | tags: petlibro, petkit, oneisall

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Sony targets double-digit profit growth despite slowdown in PlayStation 5 sales amid memory price crunch (cnbc.com)

2026-05-08 | by Kai Nicol-Schwarz | get PlayStation 5 Console → | tags: playstation 5, sony, memory price crunch

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TikTok scales back AI-generated video descriptions after absurd errors (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-05-08 | get AI Content Moderation Tool → | tags: tiktok, ai-generated, video descriptions

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Here’s how technology transformed babymaking (technologyreview.com)

2026-05-08 | by Jessica Hamzelou | get Smart Baby Monitor → | tags: vitrication, ivf, embryo freezing

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Scammers Furious That Their Fellow Criminals Are Using AI, Saying It’s Unethical (futurism.com)

2026-05-08 | by Joe Wilkins | get AI Ethics in Crime Book → | tags: cybercrime, generative ai, amazon

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The HUAWEI Watch Fit 5 Pro refines one of Android’s best Apple Watch alternatives (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-08 | get HUAWEI Watch Fit 5 Pro → | tags: huawei, watch fit 5 pro, apple watch

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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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Apple’s education discount now requires proof that you’re a student (theverge.com)

2026-05-08 | by Jess Weatherbed | get Apple Education Discount Card → | tags: apple, unidays, education discount