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Hackers are hunting for your private photos, FBI warns: 6 ways to avoid a sextortion nightmare (zdnet.com)

2026-08-12 | by Lance Whitney | tags: fbi, hackers, dark web

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Trump’s order on vaccines is a win for MAHA voters and an attack line for Democrats (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: trump, vaccines, childhood immunization

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Grok 4.6 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: grok, gpt-5.6 sol, artificial analysis intelligence

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Deals: M5 Pro MacBook Pro up to $540 off, M5 MacBook Air from $1,099, Apple Watch Ultra 3, MagSafe chargers, more (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-12 | by Justin Kahn | tags: apple, macbook pro, airpods pro

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‘Coyote vs. Acme’ Proves the Movie *They* Didn’t Want You to See Was Always Worth the Fight (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: looney tunes, will forte, lana condor

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The next big indie game publisher is taking some exciting swings (theverge.com)

2026-08-12 | by Jay Peters | tags: indie game publisher, diana, experimental implant

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The pros and cons of using a digital wallet (engadget.com)

2026-08-12 | by Ben Stegner | tags: apple pay, digital wallets, contactless payments

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Ghost of Yōtei Complete Edition arrives October 1 and includes a new story arc (engadget.com)

2026-08-12 | by Lawrence Bonk | tags: ghost of yōtei, playstation 5, echoes of sekigahara

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Show HN: OJCP – an open protocol for agent-consumable job data (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: ojcp, mcp, schema.org

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iOS 27 gives Apple Calendar my favorite new Home Screen upgrade (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-12 | by Ryan Christoffel | tags: ios 27, apple calendar, home screen widgets

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Booksellers suspect AI firms are buying and then destroying rare books (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: ai firms, google books, book scanning

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After Microsoft threatened legal action, a security researcher publishes a new Windows zero-day bug (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-12 | by Zack Whittaker | tags: windows, microsoft, windows defender

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A weird Galaxy bug is making home screen folders spill onto other pages (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: galaxy, samsung, home screen

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MacBook Air shortages are getting worse, here’s where to buy one (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-12 | by Chance Miller | tags: macbook air, apple, supply constraints

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Skies Darken as a Once-in-a-Generation Eclipse Sweeps Europe, Africa (cnet.com)

2026-08-12 | by Joe Hindy | tags: solar eclipse, total eclipse, greenland

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Silkroad Innovation Hub’s Road to Battlefield competition continues (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-12 | by Techcrunch Events | tags: silkroad innovation hub, techcrunch startup battlefield, polygraf ai

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: qwen, hugging face, qwen cloud

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Astronomers Discover a Brand-New Type of Object: Part Black Hole, Part Star (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: black hole, star, astronomers

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‘The End of Oak Street’ Is the Family vs. Dinosaur Adventure You Didn’t Know You Needed (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: ewan mcgregor, anne hathaway, oak street

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US Hires Over 2,000 Video Gamers As Air Traffic Controllers (slashdot.org)

2026-08-12 | tags: faa, air traffic controllers, sean duffy

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Suspected China-linked hackers used AI to run the first-ever end-to-end autonomous cyberattack on Taiwan's government, Israeli firm says — open-source-built tool continuously devised effective hack strategies in real-time (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-12 | by Etiido Uko | tags: china, ai-agent frameworks, dream cybersecurity

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AI’s costly build-out complicates the Fed’s inflation fight (cnbc.com)

2026-08-12 | by Matt Peterson Kate Rooney | tags: openai, elon musk, tesla

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GiveCampus (YC S15) Is Hiring Engineering Managers (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: givecampus, fundraising platform, non-profit

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Think You Know the Office Dress Code? (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-12 | tags: linkedin, labor market, office dress code

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Hundreds of fake Chrome VPN extensions route traffic through a proxy (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: chrome vpn extensions, sock5 proxies, proton vpn

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Show HN: A website for exploring historical photographs of my city (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: ronald reagan, united states, show hn

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Inflation eased slightly to 3.4% in July, but energy prices are still high (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: iran war, federal reserve, gas prices

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Hax – a minimalist, terminal-native coding agent written in C (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: hax, terminal-native, c binary

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License plate reader searches should require a warrant (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: alpr, police departments, mass surveillance

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License Plate Reader Searches Should Require a Warrant (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: alpr, norfolk, justice