GoKawiil - Tech News

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Could tech replace firefighters in the battle against wildfires? (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-08-04 | by Watch Our Pick Of Standout Clips Across The Bbc | tags: fire detection, artificial intelligence, wildfires

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Saudi-led group completes $55bn purchase of gaming giant EA (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-08-04 | by Watch Our Pick Of Standout Clips Across The Bbc | tags: saudi arabia, public investment fund, jpmorgan

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Texas governor orders audit of new data centers after realizing over 400 gigawatts of power is a lot (engadget.com)

2026-08-04 | by Anna Washenko | tags: texas utility commissions, public utility commission of texas, electric reliability council of texas

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Lucid’s turnaround plan hinges on $1.4B in cash savings, robotaxis (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-04 | by Kirsten Korosec | tags: lucid motors, robotaxis, silvio napoli

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Jim Cramer says one hedge fund's collapse cleared the way for tech's rally (cnbc.com)

2026-08-04 | by Alexa Lomonaco | tags: situational awareness, openai, ai infrastructure

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Perplexity has successfully overturned Amazon's injunction on its AI shopping bot (engadget.com)

2026-08-04 | by Ian Carlos Campbell | tags: amazon, perplexity, comet browser

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Senators demand crackdown on wildfire "prediction market" bets (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: arson, bets, letter

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Senators demand crackdown on wildfire "prediction markets" (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: prediction markets, polymarket, wildfire

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Trump killed the Digital Equity Act, but US was forced to bring part of it back (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: digital equity act, broadband grants, trump administration

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AMD's revenue climbs 50% and data center sales doubled, but the stock is down (cnbc.com)

2026-08-04 | by Kif Leswing | tags: amd, data center, instinct

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This Plant Has Been Hiding a Killer Secret. Darwin Called It 150 Years Ago (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: saxifraga, darwin, plants

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Smoke#Screen RMM Takeover Gambit Exposes Threat Actor Playbook (darkreading.com)

2026-08-04 | by Elizabeth Montalbano | tags: screenconnect, securonix, smoke#screen

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Accidental landlords are on the rise in housing markets where home prices are falling (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: home prices, capital gains tax, accidental landlords

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AI Data Centers Are Driving Up Power Bills – This Map Shows Where (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | by Nikshep Myle | tags: ai data centers, gadget review, techradar

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China is Tesla's cash cow, but for how much longer? (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: tesla, shanghai factory, china passenger car association

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Customer Experience Is a Different Game Now. Most Companies Are Still Playing the Old One. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-04 | by Brad Birnbaum | tags: customer experience, churn risk, revenue function

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Samsung’s next foldable display trick could make creases much less noticeable (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: samsung display, galaxy z fold, ctg

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US mulling ban on key Chinese networking tech in data center component crackdown — White House wants to impose restrictions in 2026, China says it will respond if necessary (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-04 | by Jowi Morales | tags: fcc, chinese transceivers, data centers

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Texas slams on the brakes for 1,800 data centers, power grid requirements are five times higher than peak record demand — 474 gigawatts of power requests are now subject to new moratorium (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-04 | by Jowi Morales | tags: data centers, ercot, texas grid

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Motorola’s Next Smartwatch Might Help You Run Without Your Phone (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: motorola, moto watch ultra, smartwatch

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Apple claims that even more ex-employees may have given trade secrets to OpenAI (engadget.com)

2026-08-04 | by Lawrence Bonk | tags: apple, openai, trade secrets

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Perspec 1.0 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: perspec, adobe scan, dropbox

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Walmart completes its acquisition of TV advertising company Vibe.co (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-04 | by Aisha Malik | tags: walmart, vibe.co, walmart connect

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This Android launcher made my home screen fun again - and I'm using the free version (zdnet.com)

2026-08-04 | by Jack Wallen | tags: android, mango launcher, google

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I bought cheap smoke detectors and soon regretted it - here's what I recommend now (zdnet.com)

2026-08-04 | by Maria Diaz | tags: smoke detectors, x-sense, amazon

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New Jersey sues Amazon on antitrust grounds, alleging it unlawfully wielded its power over delivery contractors (cnbc.com)

2026-08-04 | by Annie Palmer | tags: amazon, delivery contractors, antitrust

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Show HN: Simple algorithm and color space to generate diverse skin tones (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: color space, skin tones, javascript

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Sandisk and SK Hynix Publish First Open High Bandwidth Flash Standard (slashdot.org)

2026-08-04 | tags: sandisk, sk hynix, high bandwidth flash

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Why R&D Waste Persists Despite Widespread AI Adoption (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-08-04 | tags: ai adoption, patsnap, ieee spectrum

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How the 'Baby iPhone' and an Apple supplier leak explain China's recent supply chain moves (cnbc.com)

2026-08-04 | by Eunice Yoon | tags: apple, tata electronics, iphone 18 pro