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‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ Recently Debuted on Streaming—How Did It Do? (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-18 | get Grogu plush toy Star Wars Mandalorian → | tags: the mandalorian and grogu, star wars, streaming

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Why I didn’t sign the Fields medallists’ letter (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-17 | get Fermat's Enigma Simon Singh book → | tags: fermat's last theorem, terence tao, diophantine equations

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Apple Watch Series 12 has subtle design change that Apple didn’t mention (9to5mac.com)

2026-09-16 | by Ryan Christoffel | get Apple Watch Series 12 → | tags: apple watch series 12, design change, bezels

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This Dunkin’ Franchisee Just Opened His 100th Store. His First Piece of Advice? Don’t Do What He Did. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-16 | by Jon Small | tags: dunkin, franchisee, bluemont group

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What if AI data centers didn’t need new power plants? (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-16 | tags: rune, data centers, solar power

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The AI graveyard: a running list of projects and startups that didn’t make it (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-15 | by Lauren Forristal | tags: relay, zapier, openai

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This Chinese Chain Has More Locations Than McDonald’s. They Did It By Copying This U.S. Discount Chain’s Playbook. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-15 | by Jon Small | tags: mixue, mcdonald's, dollar general

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Mathematicians want proof OpenAI didn't use their work (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-10 | by Robert Hart | get Princeton Companion to Mathematics book → | tags: openai, chatgpt, andreas thom

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What algorithm did Windows XP use to choose your initial user picture? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-10 | by Raymond Chen | get Art of Computer Programming Volume 2 Seminumerical Algorithms → | tags: windows xp, rtlrandomex, reservoir sampling

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Mathematicians want proof OpenAI didn’t use their work (theverge.com)

2026-09-10 | by Robert Hart | get Proofs from THE BOOK Aigner Ziegler → | tags: openai, chatgpt, andreas thom

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Apple Didn’t Make a New iPhone Air This Year. This May Be Why (cnet.com)

2026-09-10 | by Corinne Reichert | get Apple MagSafe Battery iPhone Air → | tags: iphone air, apple, iphone duo

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Where’s the iPhone 18? Here’s Why Apple Didn’t Reveal a New Standard iPhone (cnet.com)

2026-09-09 | by David Lumb | get Anker MagGo magnetic wireless charger stand → | tags: iphone 18, apple, foldable iphone

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Wait, Did Zuckerberg Just Steal Muse the Band’s Instagram Handle For His New AI? (futurism.com)

2026-09-09 | by Frank Landymore | get Muse Origin of Symmetry vinyl → | tags: muse, instagram, meta

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Wait, Did Zuckerberg Just Jack Muse the Band’s Instagram Handle For His New AI? (futurism.com)

2026-09-09 | by Frank Landymore | get Muse Origin of Symmetry vinyl → | tags: instagram, meta, muse

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We spent 3 days with an Android phone that has a 10,000mAh battery and didn’t need to charge it once (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-09 | get Anker MagGo magnetic power bank → | tags: android phone, 10000mah battery, battery anxiety

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Kenyans Did College Students' Homework for Years. Then A.I. Arrived (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-08 | get They Say I Say academic writing book → | tags: kenya, artificial intelligence, contract cheating

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The EU CRA's Real Question: What Shipped, and When Did You Know? (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-09-08 | get Yubico YubiKey 5 NFC → | tags: eu cyber resilience act, vulnerability disclosure, open source maintainers

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My business partner sent a 5K vibe-coded PR that he didn't even test (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-08 | get The Pragmatic Programmer 20th Anniversary Edition → | tags: vibe coding, pull request, github

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‘Did you use AI?’ is the wrong question. Ask ‘What did you use AI for?’ (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-07 | get Grammarly Premium subscription → | tags: ai shaming, publishing industry, artificial intelligence

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OpenAI admits it didn't disclose rogue AI wiki hijacking incident (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-09-05 | get Human Compatible Stuart Russell book → | tags: openai, rogue ai, dsewiki

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This Husband-and-Wife Duo Started a Business They Couldn’t Find in Their Hometown. 6 Months in, It Did $1 Million in Sales. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-03 | by Sherin Shibu | get Cuisinart ICE-21 ice cream maker → | tags: 16 handles, frozen yogurt, forest acres

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What We Missed: Did ShinyHunters 'Breach' ReliaQuest? (darkreading.com)

2026-09-03 | by Rob Wright | get Yubico YubiKey 5 NFC security key → | tags: shinyhunters, reliaquest, okta

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He Was a Sneaker Hustler Who Didn’t Graduate High School — Today He Runs a Company That Has Generated Over $1 Billion. Here’s How He Found His Superpower. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-03 | by Dan Bova | get Crep Protect sneaker cleaning kit → | tags: sneaker business, real estate, class x

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Earth's organisms developed via evolution. What if the cosmos did, too? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-02 | by Eli Stark-Elster | get Darwin's Dangerous Idea Dennett book → | tags: cosmos, james webb space telescope, darwin

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Anthropic Deliberately Trained an Extremely Misaligned, Reward-Seeking AI and It Did Some REALLY Bad Things (futurism.com)

2026-09-02 | by Victor Tangermann | get The Alignment Problem Brian Christian book → | tags: anthropic, mythos ai, claude ai

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Closing an Azure OpenAI assistant's retrieval gap didn't take a new identity platform. It took one filter and a narrower assistant. (venturebeat.com)

2026-09-01 | tags: azure openai, sharepoint, entra

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Tim Cook did alright by the environment — but AI could upend his climate legacy (theverge.com)

2026-09-01 | by Justine Calma | get Emporia Vue 3 home energy monitor → | tags: apple, tim cook, climate goals

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Tim Cook invokes Steve Jobs in his last message to Apple employees—just like he did when he became CEO (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-01 | get Steve Jobs Walter Isaacson biography → | tags: tim cook, steve jobs, apple

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‘Coyote vs. Acme’ Did Good Box Office Work This Weekend (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-31 | get Looney Tunes Golden Collection DVD → | tags: coyote, acme, box office

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Did Google Glass Wearers Actually Get Punched in the Face? (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-30 | tags: google glass, wearable technology, privacy concerns