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Microsoft fixes broken copy and paste for Excel 2016 users (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-09-18 | get Microsoft Office Home 2021 for Windows/Mac → | tags: excel 2016, kb5002914, kb5002655

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Gemini was broken on the Pixel Watch 5, but Google’s got a fix (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-16 | get Google Pixel Watch 5 → | tags: pixel watch 5, gemini, google

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Gemini is broken on the Pixel Watch 5 for some users (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-16 | get Google Pixel Watch 5 → | tags: gemini, pixel watch 5, google

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Original Sony PlayStation 2 security chip 'broken wide open' after 26 years (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-16 | by Mark Tyson | get PlayStation 2 console → | tags: playstation 2, mechacon chip, security chip

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Original Sony PlayStation 2 security chip ‘broken wide open’ after 26 years — chemical decapping and four years of reverse engineering unlocks MechaCon secrets (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-16 | by Mark Tyson | tags: playstation 2, mechacon chip, reverse engineering

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Microsoft rolls out emergency update for Windows 11's latest patch — recent update causes crashes on AMD graphics, Explorer hang-ups, and broken third-party integrations (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-15 | by Bruno Ferreira | get Logitech MX Master 3S wireless mouse → | tags: windows 11, amd graphics, microsoft

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Windows 11 can now reinstall itself from the cloud — Cloud Rebuild revives dead systems without secondary boot media, wipes broken installation and downloads a fresh copy of the OS (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-11 | by Kunal Khullar | get SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 flash drive 64GB → | tags: windows 11, cloud rebuild, microsoft

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Identity Verification Is Broken. The 153 Million Driver’s Licenses Now for Sale Are Proof (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-02 | get YubiKey 5 NFC security key → | tags: driver’s licenses, identity verification, honey pots

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Product Backlog Problems: Why Your Hierarchy Is Broken (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-31 | by Janna Bastow | get Rocketbook Fusion reusable smart notebook → | tags: product backlog, prioritization, sprint planning

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2 UCLA Students Thought Food Delivery Was Broken. Shake Shack Called Their Invention Its ‘Favorite Courier.’ (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-25 | by Shawn P. Walchef | get insulated food delivery bag → | tags: coco robotics, shake shack, los angeles

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Google’s foldable strategy is broken, and the Pixel 11 Pro Fold proves it (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-23 | get Samsung Galaxy Z Fold foldable phone → | tags: pixel 11 pro fold, samsung galaxy z fold 8, motorola razr fold

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GameStop customer earned over $10,000 in store credit from a stack of broken consoles — traded 'hundreds' of PlayStations, Xboxes, Game Boys, Switches, and more (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-18 | by Mark Tyson | tags: broken, broken consoles, consoles

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Repair Cafe – Fix Your Broken Items (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: repair cafe, nederland, belgië

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I Shut My Company Down for 2 Weeks Every Year. It’s Helping Fix a Broken Industry — And Proving Skeptics Wrong. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-17 | by Sherin Shibu | tags: patagonia, haven, childcare

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If You Are Always Hiring, It Means Something Is Broken. Here’s the Part You’re Overlooking. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-17 | by Paul Wellons | tags: restaurant operations, labor analytics, pizza hut

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This Medieval Skeleton Had 160 Broken Bones, and Scientists Just Figured Out What Hit Him (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: trebuchet, archaeology, 14th-century

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Why Buy It When You Can Print It? A DIY Nation Has a Fix for Broken Doodads (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-15 | tags: 3d printers, diy, replacement parts

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Her Brain Was Broken. It Was Fixed With Sound—Not a Scalpel (wired.com)

2026-08-14 | by Emily Mullin | tags: ultrasound therapy, west virginia university, substance use disorder

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Federal vendor with $50M in contracts leaves portal broken for a month (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-11 | by Al Shaw | tags: foia, office of personnel management, federal agencies

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Google confirms its fix for broken Photos’ drag-to-select is on the way (Updated) (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: google photos, google pixel, galaxy

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Google confirms its fix for broken Photos’ drag-to-select is on the way (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: google photos, drag-to-select, pixel

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His Bootstrapped Business Fixes Broken Customer Service and Brings in 9 Figures a Year: ‘We Should Not Use AI to Replace the Human Touch’ (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-11 | by Amanda Breen | tags: call center, horatio, columbia university

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Grokipedia Appears to Have Completely Broken and Nobody Noticed (futurism.com)

2026-08-06 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: appears, grokipedia, human

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Familiar face detection is broken on Walmart Onn cameras — but there’s a fix on the way (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: onn cameras, google home, gemini

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It’s not just you: This fundamental Google Search feature is broken worldwide (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-02 | tags: google search, time filters, android authority

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Google Wallet broken on your Pixel? A fix is rolling out now (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: google wallet, pixel phones, android 17

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Code Faster Today … Fail Faster Tomorrow? (computer.org)

2026-07-29 | tags: ai coding assistants, technical debt, ieee computer society

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Ghost Cut – Or why Cut and Paste is broken everywhere (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-22 | tags: cut, clipboard, text editor

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Ghost Cut – or why Cut and Paste is broken everywhere (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-22 | tags: cut, clipboard, text editor

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A single AI agent conversation can look perfect and still be broken, leaders from LangChain, Conviva and CoreWeave said at VB Transform 2026 (venturebeat.com)

2026-07-20 | tags: langchain, conviva, coreweave