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1711.

Venom and Hot Peppers Offer a Key to Killing Resistant Bacteria (wired.com)

2026-05-08 | by Fernanda González | tags: scorpion venom, habanero peppers, antibiotics

1712.

Instructure hackers claim they stole data from nearly 9,000 schools (engadget.com)

2026-05-08 | by Mariella Moon | get Cybersecurity USB Data Block → | tags: instructure, shinyhunters, canvas

1713.

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

1714.

ValiDrive helps detect fake USB drives and storage devices (techspot.com)

2026-05-08 | get USB Drive Testing Kit → | tags: validrive, usb drives, storage devices

1715.

Meet Rassvet, Russia’s Answer to Starlink (wired.com)

2026-05-08 | by Lucia Bellinello | get Starlink Satellite Kit → | tags: rassvet, starlink, bureau 1440

1716.

Nanoleaf bets its future on robots, red light therapy, and AI (theverge.com)

2026-05-08 | by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy | get Nanoleaf Light Panels → | tags: nanoleaf, robotics, smart lighting

1717.

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

1718.

Samsung offered chip workers a $340,000 bonus to avoid a strike. They want it every year (techspot.com)

2026-05-08 | get Samsung Chip Worker Bonus → | tags: samsung, ai memory, chip workers

1719.

Look at how they massacred my boy: Google is killing these Fitbit app features (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-08 | tags: google health, fitbit, google health app

1720.

Sony PS5 sales fall off a cliff amid memory shortages (engadget.com)

2026-05-08 | by Steve Dent | get PlayStation 5 Console → | tags: ps5, memory shortages, sony

1721.

Nintendo hikes Switch 2 prices and expects console sales to decline as memory crunch bites (cnbc.com)

2026-05-08 | by Arjun Kharpal | get Nintendo Switch Console Accessories → | tags: nintendo switch 2, memory chip crunch, playstation 5

1722.

ClojureScript Gets Async/Await (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-08 | get ClojureScript Async/Await Guide → | tags: clojurescript, ecmascript 2016, async/await

1723.

Motherboard sales are collapsing because AI data centers made RAM too expensive to buy (techspot.com)

2026-05-08 | get Corsair Vengeance RAM → | tags: motherboard, ram, ai data centers

1724.

QBE – Compiler Back End (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-08 | tags: qbe, compiler backend, c abi

1725.

Zara data breach exposed personal information of 197,000 people (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-05-08 | get Data Breach Notification Sticker → | tags: zara, inditex, have i been pwned

1726.

Grok convinced a man it was sentient and that xAI had sent assassins to kill him (techspot.com)

2026-05-08 | get AI Sentience Simulation Kit → | tags: grok, xai, bbc

1727.

IMF Warns That Evolving AI Threat Could Upend Financial Markets (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-05-08 | get AI Risk Monitoring Tool → | tags: imf, artificial intelligence, cyber threats

1728.

HantaWatch Real time hantavirus outbreak tracker (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-08 | get HantaWatch Outbreak Tracker → | tags: hantavirus, outbreak tracker, ribavirin

1729.

dBase: 1979-2026 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-08 | by Delphi Critic | get Vintage dBase Software Collection → | tags: dbase, ashton-tate, foxpro

1730.

Former govt contractor convicted for wiping dozens of federal databases (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-05-08 | get Data Recovery Software Kit → | tags: federal contractors, u.s. state department, ashburn servers

1731.

Blaise – A modern self-hosting zero-legacy Object Pascal compiler targeting QBE (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-08 | tags: blaise, object pascal, qbe

1732.

The fax machine is the bottleneck in US healthcare, and VCs are starting to notice (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-08 | by Connie Loizos | get Wireless Fax Machine → | tags: fax machine, healthcare, venture capital

1733.

The fax machine is the bottleneck in U.S. healthcare, and VCs are starting to notice (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-08 | by Connie Loizos | get Wireless Fax Machine → | tags: fax machine, healthcare, venture capital

1734.

Why you can never get your doctor to call you back (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-08 | by Connie Loizos | get Doctor-Patient Communication Guide → | tags: ai in healthcare, medtronic, basata

1735.

Digging into Drama at the Document Foundation (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-08 | get LibreOffice Portable → | tags: document foundation, libreoffice, collabora

1736.

New Linux 'Dirty Frag' zero-day gives root on all major distros (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-05-08 | get Linux Kernel Security Book → | tags: linux kernel, dirty frag, ubuntu

1737.

AWS North Virginia data center outage – resolved (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-08 | by Lola Murti | get AWS Cloud Computing Mug → | tags: aws, amazon web services, ec2

1738.

AWS North Virginia data center outage – recovery to take hours (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-08 | by Lola Murti | get Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) → | tags: aws, amazon web services, ec2

1739.

Apple pushes back against Canadian bill that could force companies to weaken encryption (9to5mac.com)

2026-05-08 | by Marcus Mendes | get Apple Encryption Security Kit → | tags: apple, meta, encryption

1740.

Canvas Breach Disrupts Schools & Colleges Nationwide (krebsonsecurity.com)

2026-05-08 | get Secure School Wi-Fi Router → | tags: canvas, instructure, shinyhunters