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JerryRigEverything teardown reveals this ~$2,000 Ultra phone has a plastic back (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-08 | get Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra → | tags: oppo find x9 ultra, plastic back, jerryriggeverything

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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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Desperate SK hynix customers offer to buy its EUV machines and fund new fabs as memory capacity hits zero amid crushing AI-driven shortages — worsening global shortages pry open wallets to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-08 | by Luke James | get SK hynix EUV Lithography Machine → | tags: sk hynix, euv lithography, memory shortage

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The Best Mobile Gaming Controllers for iPhone and Android (2026) (wired.com)

2026-05-08 | by Louryn Strampe | get Razer Kishi V2 Controller → | tags: backbone, iphone, android

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Rocket Report: Alpha Block 2 coming this summer; Falcon sets booster landing mark (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-08 | get SpaceX Falcon Booster Model → | tags: firefly aerospace, alpha rocket, starship

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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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JBL Live 780NC Review: Solid Wireless Headphones You Can Live Without (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-08 | get JBL Live 780NC Wireless Headphones → | tags: jbl, live 780nc, wireless headphones

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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

1692.

Kalshi’s $22 billion problem (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-08 | get Kalshi Trading Platform → | tags: kalshi, prediction market, massachusetts

1693.

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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The Morning After: Google's new wearable doesn't have a screen (engadget.com)

2026-05-08 | by Mat Smith | get Google Pixel Watch Band → | tags: google fitbit air, google health coach, google io

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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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Billie Eilish Doesn't Know if There Will Ever Be Another Billie Eilish (wired.com)

2026-05-08 | by Angela Watercutter | get Billie Eilish Vinyl Record → | tags: soundcloud, billie eilish, ai algorithms

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Why More Analysts Won’t Solve Your SOC’s Alert Problem (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-05-08 | get Cybersecurity Monitoring Dashboard → | tags: mandiant, google, crowdstrike

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I love the Galaxy Buds 4 Pro, but using them with a Pixel is a mess (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-08 | get Samsung Galaxy Buds 4 Pro → | tags: galaxy buds, pixel 10 pro, galaxy wearable

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Pentagon Think Tank Tests Ingenious Plan to Protect Coasts From Hurricanes—and It’s Working (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-08 | get Hurricane Barrier System → | tags: pentagon, darpa, tyndall air force base

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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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What’s the role of a simple fitness band in the AI health era? (theverge.com)

2026-05-08 | by Victoria Song | get Fitbit Charge 5 → | tags: fitbit, google, wearable

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Boox’s new page-turning e-reader remote is a tiny two-button keyboard (theverge.com)

2026-05-08 | by Andrew Liszewski | get Boox e-reader remote → | tags: boox, tappy, e-reader

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YouTube’s latest test is a nightmare for your muscle memory (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-08 | get YouTube Video Editing Keyboard → | tags: youtube, android, google

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Google is killing this handy way to back up PC folders to Google Photos (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-08 | tags: google photos, google drive, android authority

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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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Tesla is recalling its cheaper Cybertruck because the wheels might fall off (theverge.com)

2026-05-08 | by Emma Roth | get Cybertruck Wheel Lock Kit → | tags: tesla, cybertruck, brake rotors

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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

1708.

Trellix source code breach claimed by RansomHouse hackers (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-05-08 | get Cybersecurity Software Suite → | tags: trellix, ransomhouse, source code

1709.

The Fitbit Air looks great, but it’s missing one feature I can’t live without (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-08 | get Fitbit Versa 3 → | tags: fitbit, google, fitness tracker

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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