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NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission is dead (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-21 | tags: nasa, mars sample return, mars

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PlayStation 3 emulation devs work around an Nvidia bug for up to 37% faster performance — open-source coders reach out to Nvidia to over uncovered bug (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-21 | by Mark Tyson | get NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super graphics card → | tags: rpcs3, nvidia driver bug, ps3 emulation

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What Is a Smart Lock? Why I Recommend This Security Upgrade for Everyone (cnet.com)

2026-09-19 | by Tyler Lacoma | get Schlage Encode Plus Smart WiFi Deadbolt → | tags: smart lock, video doorbell, smart home tech

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Elon Musk Reportedly Seeking Customer Data From Dead Startups to Train AI (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-17 | tags: elon musk, grok, agi

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Stallman: Thousands Dead, Millions Deprived of Liberties (2001) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-17 | by Posted | tags: richard stallman, civil liberties, surveillance

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Mitch McConnell Looks Pretty Scary Now That He’s Back, and Doctors Are Worried He Could Drop Dead (futurism.com)

2026-09-16 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: mitch mcconnell, us capitol, senate

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Windows Phone might be dead, but it now (unofficially) supports Quick Share (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-16 | tags: windows phone, quick share, android

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Nitter and XCancel are dead (again) after X’s latest legal actions (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-15 | by Sarah Perez | tags: nitter, xcancel, x corp

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Punk’s not dead—it’s in the boardroom (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-15 | tags: adrian swinscoe, customer experience, punk

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Politicians to Humanity: Drop Dead (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-14 | tags: ai executives, ai development, politicians

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What is the difference between a dead pixel and a stuck pixel? (engadget.com)

2026-09-13 | by Deven Mcclure | get MagicFiber microfiber screen cleaning cloths → | tags: dead pixel, stuck pixel, monitors

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A Dead Father, Reincarnated With AI: Is This How We Will Remember Loved Ones Now? (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-09-12 | get Tell Me Your Life Story Dad guided journal → | tags: chatbot, voice recordings, grief tech

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PlayStation Ditched Hideo Kojima's 'Physint' on Budget Concerns, Missed Deadlines (slashdot.org)

2026-09-11 | get Death Stranding Director's Cut PS5 → | tags: playstation, hideo kojima, physint

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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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Anthropic says Claude thwarted bioweapon research from state-sponsored actors — covert accounts used U.S. proxies to attempt to engineer deadlier viruses, tried to evade identification and regional blocks (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-11 | by Bruno Ferreira | tags: anthropic, claude, bioweapons

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Google could make it dead simple to get Gemini to remember things (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-09 | get Google Pixel 9 Pro → | tags: google, gemini, remember

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The Era of the ‘Walking Dead’ Lawsuit Is Almost Over (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-08 | get The Walking Dead complete series Blu-ray → | tags: walking dead, amc, lawsuit

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Apple and Google Miss Deadline to Block Child Nudity on Their Phones in the UK (wired.com)

2026-09-08 | by Isabella Ward | tags: apple, google, lisa nandy

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US regulator approves $1.9 billion loan to spin up Iowa's dead nuclear reactor for Google (engadget.com)

2026-09-08 | by Steve Dent | get Emporia Vue 3 home energy monitor → | tags: nextera energy, duane arnold, google

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Pork recall hits 8 states: 1,500 pounds of product may be contaminated with potentially deadly bacteria (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-08 | get Taylor refrigerator freezer thermometer → | tags: pork recall, fsis, usda

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A Labor Day gas record, Amazon's deadly jet crash, the rise of the CISO and more in Morning Squawk (cnbc.com)

2026-09-08 | by Alex Harring | get ScanGauge OBD2 fuel economy gauge → | tags: gas prices, amazon, bombardier

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Is the AI chip dead? What Arm’s new CPUs mean for your next Android phone (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-08 | get Google Pixel 10 Pro → | tags: arm, c2-ultra, mediatek dimensity

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Prompting Is Dead in 6 Months. Andrew Ng, Stanford [video] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-08 | tags: andrew ng, stanford, prompting

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Medieval manuscripts are "biological time capsules" for deadly sheeppox virus (arstechnica.com)

2026-09-04 | get Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts de Hamel book → | tags: sheeppox, medieval manuscripts, dna sequencing

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A ratings board wouldn't let Valve release a trailer. It "leaked" it instead. (arstechnica.com)

2026-09-04 | get Steam gift card → | tags: valve, left 4 dead 2, esrb

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This 75-Year-Old Millionaire Says She Would ‘Drop Dead’ Before She Bought a Morning Coffee. Here’s Why. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-04 | by Sherin Shibu | get Keurig K-Express Coffee Maker → | tags: suze orman, roth ira, cafe bustelo

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Google Photos makes finding and editing photos dead simple with Gemini Spark integration (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-04 | get Google Pixel 9 Pro → | tags: google photos, gemini spark, android authority

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California’s Surveillance Pricing Bill Misses Deadline to Advance to Gov. Newsom’s Desk (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-02 | tags: california retailers association, surveillance pricing bill, newsom

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This Family Has Been in the Hospitality Business for 100 Years. They Say One Piece of Common Workplace Advice Is Dead Wrong. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-01 | by Shawn P. Walchef | get Setting the Table Danny Meyer book → | tags: hospitality, family business, jon spiteri

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Deadpan Photography: Enjoying the Pretence (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-01 | get Andreas Gursky photographs book → | tags: andreas gursky, 99 cent, deadpan photography