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NASA updates Voyager 2 to extend the 1977 probe's lifespan yet again (engadget.com)

2026-08-11 | by Mariella Moon | tags: voyager 2, nasa, plutonium

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$580 million undersea cable rerouted to avoid the grave of Dobby the House Elf — company caves to fan demands to safeguard Harry Potter filming location, will instead pass by Bronze Age burial site (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-11 | by Jowi Morales | tags: greenlink connector, undersea cable, dobby grave

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Get 32GB of DDR5 for $261 in this AM5 gaming bundle — $970 deal features Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 32GB DDR5 RAM, a Gigabyte X870 motherboard, and free 240mm AIO (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-11 | by Joe Shields | tags: ryzen 7 9800x3d, corsair ddr5-6000, gigabyte x870

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Jackie’s legacy: How a bald eagle influencer inspired millions and helped save an endangered habitat (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: bald eagle, big bear valley, california

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This $30 Hoto 25-piece electric screwdriver set is a must-buy option for PC builders and hobbyists —40% saving on portable driver with long-life 1,500 mAh battery and 25 ultra-hard bits for your next project (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-11 | by Ben Stockton | tags: hoto, usb-c, pc builder

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Nvidia teams up with financial giants to create $500 billion AI infrastructure funds — six investment firms to enable access to long-term funding at attractive rates (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-11 | by Anton Shilov | tags: nvidia, ai infrastructure, blackrock

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How to organize Claude Code for product work (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-11 | by Adam Faik | tags: claude, github, product management

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Japanese authorities use new tool to identify initial torrent uploaders — anti-piracy group says it identified seeder on popular anime torrenting website without torrent swarm monitoring (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-11 | by Bruno Ferreira | tags: nyaa, coda, bittorrent

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Reddit Bans 11-Year Account for GPL Game Post, Testing the EU's DSA (slashdot.org)

2026-08-11 | tags: reddit, gnu backgammon, digital services act

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Red Lobster is redesigning its dining rooms for ‘newstalgia’ (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: red lobster, nautical, restaurant

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Modder adds Radeon RX 9070 XT eGPU to Steam Machine, runs Crimson Desert at over 100 FPS on High — moves boot drive to USB-C port, leverages M.2 to OCuLink adaptor and eGPU dock (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-11 | by Mark Tyson | tags: radeon rx 9070 xt, steam machine, oculink

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How my solar company is surviving the war on renewable energy (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: solar industry, renewable energy, policy turbulence

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AI Investors Are Suddenly Quaking in Their Boots (futurism.com)

2026-08-11 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: anthropic, ai infrastructure, hedge fund

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‘Zoomsday’ hack uncovered using fewer than 20 AI prompts (theverge.com)

2026-08-11 | by Emma Roth | tags: attacker, blog, exploit

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The next great moonshots won’t come from Silicon Valley alone (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: alphabet, moonshot factory, sergey brin

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This super-white coating was inspired by a beetle’s scales (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: super-white coating, beetle’s scales, cellulose

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Walmart has slashed $600 off this RTX 5060-powered gaming laptop, now just $1,099 — get Gigabyte's 16-inch Aero X16 with 16GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-11 | by Stewart Bendle | tags: gigabyte, rtx 5060, amd ryzen ai 7

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Panic of 1873 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: deutsche bank, vienna stock exchange, german unification

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Modders are trying to bring Game Pass and Xbox games to Mac and Linux (techspot.com)

2026-08-11 | by Daniel Sims | tags: xbox store, game pass, heroic games launcher

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Amazon’s New AI Data Center Is So Enormous That It Appears It Will Become the Largest Single Source of Pollution in the United States (futurism.com)

2026-08-11 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: amazon web services, ai data center, pecos county

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Meet 21 Black women who bounced back and are thriving after being pushed out of the workplace (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: black women, job market, unemployment

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I combined my Fitbit Air with an analog watch — it’s the only way I wear the tracker now (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: fitbit air, google, android authority

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Best robot mowers of 2026: Expert tested (zdnet.com)

2026-08-11 | by Maria Diaz | tags: robot mowers, zdnet, vendor listings

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The Very Cool New Ad-Skipping Button for Spotify Podcasts Is Not Very Cool for Podcast Businesspeople (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: spotify, podcast, ad-skipping

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Celebrating the 90th birthday of the Wienermobile, the original marketing stunt (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: wienermobile, oscar mayer, hotdoggers

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Seedless Blackberries and Cherries That Grow on Bushes Vie to Be the Future of Food (wired.com)

2026-08-11 | by Mike Grunwald | tags: pairwise, crispr, genomics

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AI Is Dead. Organoids Are Alive (wired.com)

2026-08-11 | by Claire L. Evans | tags: organoids, johns hopkins, biocomputing

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Acer’s first Googlebook could steer clear of budget Chromebook mistakes (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: googlebook, acer, intel core ultra

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Google is testing a new homepage that buries the search button for AI (techspot.com)

2026-08-11 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: google, gemini, ai mode

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OpenAI gives Daybreak partners access to a more powerful cybersecurity model (engadget.com)

2026-08-11 | by Mariella Moon | tags: openai, daybreak, gpt-5.6