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2911.

GrapheneOS in 2027 available on high-end Motorola phones (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-19 | tags: grapheneos, motorola, smartphones

2912.

HomePad code suggests it’ll act like a giant Apple Watch (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-19 | by Ben Lovejoy | tags: homepod mini, apple watch, tvos

2913.

Snag AMD’s Ryzen 7 7700X3D with 16GB of RAM, motherboard, and a cooler for just $609 — save $124 on a B650 ATX board and Corsair Vengeance RAM for a new gaming build (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-19 | by Joe Shields | tags: ryzen 7 7700x3d, asus rog strix b650-a, corsair vengeance

2914.

Stop Anthropomorphizing Intermediate Tokens as Reasoning/Thinking Traces (2025) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-19 | tags: intermediate tokens, reasoning traces, anthropomorphizing

2915.

Stop Anthropomorphizing Intermediate Tokens as Reasoning/Thinking Traces (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-19 | tags: intermediate tokens, reasoning traces, anthropomorphizing

2916.

A joke domain purchase turned in geopolitical warfare (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-19 | tags: sondehub.org, habhub.org, weather balloons

2917.

MicroSD card torture test writes 133 petabytes of data across 351 cards over three years — cards tested to failure reveal SanDisk as the outlier with 6 failures of the 7 tested (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-19 | by Jowi Morales | tags: sandisk, microsd, datahoarder

2918.

OpenAI slows down training after its AI carried out hack (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-08-19 | by Watch Our Pick Of Standout Clips Across The Bbc | tags: openai, chatgpt, hugging face

2919.

Get better color accuracy on your TV with these simple steps (zdnet.com)

2026-08-19 | by Taylor Clemons | tags: oled, qled, micro rgb

2920.

I Tried a Window-Cleaning Robot: Do Not Recommend (wired.com)

2026-08-19 | by Simon Hill | tags: window-cleaning robot, astragals, pvc windows

2921.

Flock’s Network Is Losing Value to Cops as More and More of Its Cameras Go Offline (futurism.com)

2026-08-19 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: flock safety, license plate readers, dane county

2922.

‘Lanterns’ Won’t Go on Too Long Like ‘Lost’ Did, According to Damon Lindelof (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-19 | tags: damon lindelof, lost, the leftovers

2923.

Babies Born Under Sugar Rationing Grew Into Adults With Lower Cancer Risk (slashdot.org)

2026-08-19 | tags: sugar rationing, cancer risk, joe martin

2924.

‘Your Excel Skills Suck’: The Power Users Turning Spreadsheets Into a Spectator Sport (wired.com)

2026-08-19 | by Miles Klee | tags: microsoft excel, spreadsheet championships, dan kidney

2925.

We Bought a $500 Counterfeit Luxury Watch. Nobody Could Spot the Difference (wired.com)

2026-08-19 | by Alistair Charlton | tags: rolex, swiss watch, counterfeit

2926.

We Bought a $500 Counterfeit Rolex So Good, Even Rolex Didn’t Spot It (wired.com)

2026-08-19 | by Alistair Charlton | tags: rolex, counterfeit, swiss watch

2927.

Prompts aren’t enough: Why two AI giants are evolving their approach (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-19 | tags: openai, anthropic, chatgpt

2928.

Survey says this fundamental Play Store change has many readers excited (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-19 | tags: google play store, sideloading crackdown, third-party app stores

2929.

There’s a Very Simple Reason Why You Love the Slate Truck (wired.com)

2026-08-19 | by Jeremy White | tags: slate, jeff bezos, tisha johnson

2930.

Google Photos could soon add a map view in Ask Photos (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-19 | tags: google photos, ask photos, geolocation

2931.

5 smartwatches you should buy instead of the Google Pixel Watch 5 (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-19 | tags: google pixel watch 4, samsung galaxy watch 9, amazfit balance

2932.

Amazon to expand drone service to nearly 500 cities after targeting 1 million deliveries this year (cnbc.com)

2026-08-19 | by Annie Palmer | tags: prime air, amazon, drone deliveries

2933.

These 3 unexpected practices helped me grow my startup (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-19 | tags: riseguide, self-improvement platform, doomscrolling

2934.

Relativity Networks raises $22 million to bring a faster kind of fiber to data centers (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-19 | by Russell Brandom | tags: relativity networks, hollow-core fiber, hyperscaler

2935.

I took on big tech. We need to get it right this time (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-19 | tags: hyperscale data centers, new york, meta

2936.

GameNative now lets you adjust CPU, GPU clock speeds on Galaxy devices (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-19 | tags: gamenative, samsung galaxy, retroid pocket g2

2937.

Hot or Not Built the Internet We’re Still Swiping Through (wired.com)

2026-08-19 | by Megan Tomos | tags: hot or not, bumble, match group

2938.

Galaxy S26 FE leak points to longer battery life, but with a notable trade-off (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-19 | tags: galaxy s26 fe, eprel, samsung

2939.

White House cuts data centers, batteries, and AR from the US critical technology list — post-quantum cryptography, integrated photonics, high entropy alloys among new additions (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-19 | by Luke James | tags: critical infrastructure, post-quantum cryptography, integrated photonics

2940.

Child-monitoring apps might need a reboot (technologyreview.com)

2026-08-19 | by Kelly Clancy | tags: apple, google, openai