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GitHub programmer ports playable Doom to DSLR camera with 3-inch TFT LCD display — Canon EOS 550D with open-source Magic Lantern firmware uses camera's button as controls, even plays sound (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-19 | by Jowi Morales | tags: canon eos 550d, magic lantern, doom

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Why so many workers are turning down promotions (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-19 | tags: promotions, american workers, work-life balance

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The data center backlash is sending AI infrastructure to some unexpected places (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-19 | tags: data centers, americans, protests

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A billion Telegram users could soon get their own domain (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-19 | tags: telegram, pavel durov, icann

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Flock's fastest-growing business is 60 mph police drones that can read license plates from the sky (techspot.com)

2026-08-19 | by Rob Thubron | tags: flock, license plate scanning, drone as first responder

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How do people live beyond 110? Abundance of cancer-killing cells might be key (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-19 | by Bourzac | tags: supercentenarians, killer t cells, cd4 cytotoxic t lymphocytes

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South Africa’s scientists must register with official body or risk prison, according to draft law (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-19 | by Wild | tags: south african council, natural sciences bill, sacnasp

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Flock impersonates journalist in order to cancel his hotel reservations (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: agent, agent unredacted, best

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Squeeze More Juice Out of a Dead Battery! (wired.com)

2026-08-18 | by Rhett Allain | tags: battery, joule thief, faraday's law

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Gmail verification program lets political campaigns escape its spam filter (engadget.com)

2026-08-18 | by Ian Carlos Campbell | tags: gmail verified sender program, google, gmail

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Ubuntu on Windows outgrowing native installs? Not according to Canonical's Jon Seager (zdnet.com)

2026-08-18 | by Steven Vaughan-Nichols | tags: ubuntu, canonical, wsl

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X-rays add new twist to narwhal's spiral tusk (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: narwhal, tusk, ct scan

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The U.S. and Canada are holding last-minute negotiations to block Trump’s 50% tariffs (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: trump tariffs, canada trade, softwood lumber

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Babies born under sugar rationing grew into adults with lower cancer risk (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-18 | by Weilong Zhang | tags: sugar rationing, britain, cancer risk

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Daniel Ek’s body-scanning startup Neko Health opens first US office, in New York (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-18 | by Julie Bort | tags: neko health, body-scanning technology, spotify

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Using the railway network as a flatbed scanner (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: railway network, linear scanning camera, emfcamp

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I asked Canonical if Ubuntu on Windows will outgrow native installs as rumored - it's a no (zdnet.com)

2026-08-18 | by Steven Vaughan-Nichols | tags: ubuntu, canonical, wsl

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Pilots and Flight Attendants Are Bombarded by Cosmic Radiation—And Getting Deadly Cancers From It (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: cosmic radiation, pilots, flight attendants

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Apple rolls out Release Candidates for macOS Tahoe 26.7 and macOS Sequoia 15.8 [U] (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-17 | by Marcus Mendes | tags: macos tahoe, macos sequoia, apple

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Apple rolls out Release Candidates for macOS Tahoe 26.7 and macOS Sequoia 15.8 (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-17 | by Marcus Mendes | tags: macos tahoe, macos sequoia, apple

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We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-17 | by Aug | tags: amazon, ai training, vgt3

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Wispr raises $280M at $2B valuation as it looks beyond dictation (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-17 | by Ivan Mehta | tags: wispr, menlo ventures, ai dictation

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El Niño and Saharan Dust Silence Atlantic Hurricane Season (wired.com)

2026-08-17 | by Dennis Mersereau | tags: el niño, saharan dust, atlantic hurricane

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This stunning NASA map tracks our summer of wildfire smoke (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: nasa, wildfire smoke, canada fires

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Author Correction: Synthetic vulnerabilities of mesenchymal subpopulations in pancreatic cancer (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-17 | by Genovese | tags: auy922, pancreatic cancer, cc3 staining

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An American Mosaic (interactive map of ancestry census data) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-16 | tags: american, mosaic, interactive map

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Facebook Is Drowning In Islamophobic AI Slop Calling for Violence Against Muslim Americans (futurism.com)

2026-08-16 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: facebook, ai-generated poster, islamophobia

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SpaceX Launches Two Falcon 9 Rockets just 38 Minutes Apart (slashdot.org)

2026-08-16 | by Posted | tags: falcon 9, spacex, starlink

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Secondhand book sales are booming. Is it because of AI? (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-08-15 | by Watch Our Pick Of Standout Clips Across The Bbc | tags: secondhand books, barter books, canadian company

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Why stability might be the smartest career move right now (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-15 | tags: gallup, covid-19, american psychological association